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− | '''Bilberry''' is a name used for several species of ''[[Vaccinium]]'' (genus) (family [[Ericaceae]]) that bear [[false berry|fruit]] on low-growing [[shrub]]s. The species usually referred to as Bilberry is ''Vaccinium myrtillus'', also called the European blueberry. The bilberry has many other names, including blaeberry, whortleberry, whinberry (or winberry), wimberry, myrtle blueberry, fraughan, and black-hearts. | + | '''Bilberry''' is a name used for several species of ''[[Vaccinium]]'' (genus) that bear [[false berry|fruit]] on low-growing [[shrub]]s. The species usually referred to as Bilberry is ''Vaccinium myrtillus'', also called the European blueberry. The bilberry has many other names, including blaeberry, whortleberry, whinberry (or winberry), wimberry, myrtle blueberry, fraughan, and black-hearts. |
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| Bilberries can be found growing in damp, [[acid]]ic [[soil]]s. [[North America]]n wild and cultivated [[blueberry|blueberries]] and [[huckleberry|huckleberries]] are in the same ''Vaccinium'' genus, but the inside of their fruit is light green/white, while the inside of the bilberry is red or purple, often staining the fingers and lips. The bilberry also produced singly or in pairs on the plants, while blueberries come in clusters. | | Bilberries can be found growing in damp, [[acid]]ic [[soil]]s. [[North America]]n wild and cultivated [[blueberry|blueberries]] and [[huckleberry|huckleberries]] are in the same ''Vaccinium'' genus, but the inside of their fruit is light green/white, while the inside of the bilberry is red or purple, often staining the fingers and lips. The bilberry also produced singly or in pairs on the plants, while blueberries come in clusters. |