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Lingonberry

Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Lingonberries are small, red berries that grow on low bushes. They are tart and tasty, and many people like to use them in jams and desserts!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Lingonberry is a low-growing evergreen shrub with small, leathery, dark green leaves that are often glossy. It produces delicate, bell-shaped flowers that range from white to pale pink, which mature into bright, shiny red berries that often persist through winter.

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Lingonberry
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Lingonberry

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Its super-sour berries can stay fresh on the plant all winter long!

Lingonberries are relatives to your favorite blueberries and cranberries!

Some lingonberry plants can actually produce two harvests of berries in one year!

These tiny berries are sometimes called the 'red pearls of the forest'.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Winter Warrior

Lingonberry has tough, waxy leaves that stay green, allowing it to make food all through cold, snowy winters.

Fähigkeit

Super Spreader

Lingonberry can send out underground stems, allowing it to quickly form wide, dense patches of plants.

Fähigkeit

Acid Lover

Lingonberry has special roots that help it thrive in acidic soil where other plants struggle.

Maße und Details

Höhe
10-40 cm
Ausbreitung
20-60 cm
Blütengröße
0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit
Late spring to early summer
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Brown Bear

Ursus arctos

Feasts on ripe lingonberries for energy.

eats

Capercaillie

Tetrao urogallus

Consumes lingonberry leaves and berries.

pollinates

Buff-tailed Bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

Visits flowers to collect nectar and pollen.

eats

Reindeer

Rangifer tarandus

Graze on its evergreen leaves in winter.

shelters

Scots Pine

Pinus sylvestris

Often grows beneath its protective canopy.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Cowberry

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always ask an adult before picking and eating wild berries.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Lingonberry?

10-40 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Lingonberry?

20-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Lingonberry?

0.5-1 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Lingonberry?

Late spring to early summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Lingonberry?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Lingonberry?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Lingonberry?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Lingonberry?

Insekten

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