Cranberry

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Cranberries are small, red fruits that grow on low, creeping shrubs. They are often used to make tasty juices and sauces.

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Cranberry is a low-growing, evergreen vine with small, glossy green leaves that turn reddish in winter. It produces tiny, pale pink to reddish flowers shaped like a crane's head, which later develop into firm, bright red, round berries.

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Cranberry

Kategorie

Pflanzen

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

A single cranberry vine can keep producing fruit for over 100 years!

Cranberries actually grow on low-lying vines, not on tall bushes!

Native Americans used cranberries for food, medicine, and even dye!

The tart taste of cranberries comes from special, healthy acids!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Cranberry can thrive in acidic, nutrient-poor bogs because its roots are specially adapted to very wet, waterlogged soils.

Cranberry berries have unique air pockets inside that make them float, which helps farmers harvest them by flooding fields.

Cranberry has tiny, leathery evergreen leaves that help it survive cold winters and continue photosynthesis year-round.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 10-30 cm
Ausbreitung: 30-100 cm
Blütengröße: 0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit: Late spring to early summer
Essbar: Ja
Giftigkeit: Keine
Lebenszyklus: Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode: Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus impatiens

Vital for flower fertilization

eaten by

White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Eats berries and foliage

eaten by

American Black Bear

Ursus americanus

Feasts on ripe berries

depends on

Red Bog Sphagnum

Sphagnum capillifolium

Thrives in acidic moss mats

Merkmale

Fruchttragend

Fruchttragende Pflanzen produzieren Früchte, also die reifen Fruchtknoten von Blütenpflanzen, die Samen enthalten.

Essbar

Essbare Pflanzen sind diejenigen Pflanzenteile, die für den menschlichen Verzehr als unbedenklich gelten.

Feuchtgebiet

Dieses Lebensraummerkmal kennzeichnet Arten, die in Feuchtgebieten vorkommen. Dies sind Landflächen, die dauerhaft oder saisonal mit Wasser gesättigt sind, darunter Marschland, Sümpfe und Moore.