Species: Vaccinium oxycoccos
Small Cranberry
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Vaccinium
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
small cranberry
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Heath Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Ericales - Ericaceae - Vaccinium - If placed in the segregate genus Oxycoccos, these plants are called Oxycoccus oxycoccos, a permissible near-tautonym (see Voss, Michigan Flora, vol. 3). Also known as Oxycoccus microcarpus, O. palustris, and (incorrectly) O. quadripetalus. Kartesz (1994 checklist) spells one of the synonymous names O. microcarpos, while Voss (Michigan Flora vol. 3, 1996) and Love (Flora of Iceland, 1983) spell it 'microcarpus'.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1984-09-06
Global Status Last Changed
1984-09-06
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Widespread in boreal North America.