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Taxon:  Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton



Summary
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Oxycoccus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:
41030
Place of publication:
Hort. kew. 2:13, t. 7. 1789
Verified:
01/14/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Oxycoccus macrocarpos (Aiton) Pers.

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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
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Common names
English
American cranberry –
cranberry –
large cranberry –
French
canneberge à gros fruits –
ronce d'Amérique –
German
große Moosbeere –
Kranbeere –
Spanish
arándano americano –
arándano trepador –
Swedish
amerikanskt tranbär –
Distribution
Native
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland (s.e. & s.-c.), Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec], St. Pierre and Miquelon
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois (n.e.), Minnesota, Wisconsin]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Indiana (n.), Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina (n.e. & w.), Tennessee (http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-database.asp?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Ericaceae&GenusID=Vaccinium&SpeciesID=macrocarpon), Virginia]
Cultivated
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Belarus
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Naturalized
Northern America
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Oregon, Washington]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [British Columbia]
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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