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Southern Mountain Cranberry (Vaccinium erythrocarpum)

Southern Mountain Cranberry (Vaccinium Erythrocarpum) https://www.sagebud.com/southern-mountain-cranberry-vaccinium-erythrocarpum
Credit: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. | An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 705. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. | License: PD US
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Vaccinium Erythrocarpum, or more commonly know as Southern Mountain Cranberry, is a shrub of the genus Vaccinium. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Vaccinium Erythrocarpum or Southern Mountain Cranberry's floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Vaccinium
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Order: Ericales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Shrub
  • Native Status: L48 (N)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FAC
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FAC) 2(FAC) 7(NI)





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