Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Ericales > Ericaceae > Vaccinium > Vaccinium erythrocarpumVaccinium erythrocarpum (southern mountain cranberry)Synonyms: Hugeria erythrocarpa; Oxycoccoides erythrocarpus (homotypic); Oxycoccus erectus; Oxycoccus erythrocarpus (homotypic); Schollera erecta; Schollera erythrocarpa (homotypic); Vaccinium erythrocarpum f. erythrocarpum; Vaccinium erythrocarpum f. nigrum Vaccinium erythrocarpum – also commonly known as southern mountain cranberry, bearberry, arando, and dingleberry a species of cranberry. Vaccinium erythrocarpum has an oddly discontinuous distribution, with one subspecies in the southeastern United States, the other in east Asia. Vaccinium erythrocarpum is a deciduous shrub. Its flowers bloom in June; the individual flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by insects. They produce scarlet, transparent berries. It grows in woodlands and areas of dappled shade. |
Allergen Potential [1] | Low | | Edible [2] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | Flower Type [2] | Hermaphrodite | Leaf Type [2] | Deciduous | Lifespan [3] | Perennial | Pollinators [2] | Insects, Lepidoptera | Structure [2] | Shrub | | Height [2] | 4.92 feet (1.5 m) | View Plants For A Future Record : Vaccinium erythrocarpum |
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Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway |
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73611 |
North Carolina, Virginia, United States |
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Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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North Carolina, United States |
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Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
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24282 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
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515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Mount Mitchell State Park |
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North Carolina, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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