Vaccinium oxycoccos
| Vaccinium oxycoccos | |
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| Fruit on a bed of Sphagnum rubellum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Vaccinium |
| Subgenus: | Vaccinium subg. Oxycoccus |
| Species: | V. oxycoccos |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaccinium oxycoccos L. 1753 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Vaccinium oxycoccos is a species of cranberry in the heath family. It is known as small cranberry, marshberry, bog cranberry, swamp cranberry, or (particularly in Britain) just cranberry. It occurs broadly across cooler climates in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.