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.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

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

Categoría

Plantas

Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

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!

Habilidades especiales

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.

Medidas y detalles

Altura: 10-30 cm
Extensión: 30-100 cm
Tamaño de la flor: 0.5-1 cm
Temporada de floración: Late spring to early summer
Comestible: Sí
Toxicidad: Ninguna
Ciclo de vida: Perenne
Método de polinización: Insectos

Conexiones ecológicas

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

Rasgos

Frutal

Las plantas frutales producen frutos, que son los ovarios maduros de las plantas con flores que contienen semillas.

Comestible

Las plantas comestibles son aquellas partes de una planta que se consideran seguras para el consumo humano.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.