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bog cranberry

Vaccinium oxycoccos

The bog cranberry is a small, red fruit that grows in wet, marshy areas. It's tart and delicious, perfect for making jams and sauces!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The bog cranberry is a delicate, low-growing vine with slender, trailing stems. It has tiny, leathery, dark green leaves and unique pink flowers with petals folded back, resembling a tiny bird's head. Its small, round berries ripen to a vibrant red.

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Seltenheit

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Interessante Fakten

Ancient cultures used cranberry juice to create vibrant red dyes for coloring fabrics and baskets.

Bog cranberries are super sour, but they actually taste sweeter after the first frost of autumn!

Some bog cranberry vines can live for hundreds of years, slowly spreading across their boggy homes!

The plant's scientific name means 'marsh red-berry', and its flowers look like a tiny crane's head!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Acid Survivor

Bog cranberry can thrive in highly acidic, nutrient-poor bogs where most plants cannot, thanks to specialized root adaptations.

Fähigkeit

Winter Warrior

This hardy plant can survive harsh subarctic winters, often staying green and alive even when buried under snow and ice.

Fähigkeit

Waxy Shield

Bog cranberry has tiny, thick, waxy leaves that help it conserve water and protect against strong winds in exposed bog environments.

Fähigkeit

Ground Hugger

Its long, creeping stems grow close to the ground, allowing it to spread widely and anchor itself firmly in soft, mossy terrain.

Maße und Details

Höhe
5-20 cm
Ausbreitung
50-100 cm
Blütengröße
0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit
Late spring to early summer
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

American Black Bear

Ursus americanus

eats ripe, tart berries

pollinates

Buff-tailed Bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

visits flowers for nectar

eaten by

Sandhill Crane

Grus canadensis

forages for fallen berries

symbiotic with

Magellanic Peatmoss

Sphagnum magellanicum

grows on acidic moss beds

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

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Always ask an adult before picking or eating wild berries.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von bog cranberry?

5-20 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von bog cranberry?

50-100 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von bog cranberry?

0.5-1 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von bog cranberry?

Late spring to early summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von bog cranberry?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von bog cranberry?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von bog cranberry?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von bog cranberry?

Insekten

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