Plant Portrait

Scientific Name:

Vaccinium macrocarpon

Common Name:

Cranberry

Native/Alien:

Native

Type:

Shrub

Size:

1 ft

Light:

Full sun

Soil Moisture:

Hygric(*)

Bloom Time:

May - July

Bloom Area:

Scattered M & C

State Rank:

S2 - 6-20 Extant Populations - Imperiled in NC because of rarity or because of some factor(s) making it very vulnerable to extirpation from NC (*)

Global Rank:

G4 - 100-1000 Extant Populations - Apparently secure in the world, with many occurrences (*)

State Status:

SR - Significantly Rare (*)

Bloom

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Tom Harville

Petals curve back as it ages.

Plants

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Tom Harville

This is a trailing shrub with erect branches.

Waning Blooms

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Tom Harville
July 07

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record

NCSU Plants
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