Bog cranberry

Plant - Vaccinium oxycoccos

Bog cranberry, also known as small cranberry, marshberry, swamp cranberry, or cranberry is a species of cranberry in the heath family. It occurs broadly across cooler climates in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.

The fruit is a pink or red berry which has spots when young. It measures up to 1.2 cm wide. Its fruit persists for an average of 200 days and bears an average of 7 seeds.

 

Main Photo Credit: 
"Bog cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos), British Columbia, Canada" by Ryan Durand, 2026. CC BY-NC 2.0.

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Bog cranberry Standard English

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Marais à canneberges Français canadien

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