Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.

Mountain Cranberry

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Plant

Sublevel 1: Angiosperm

Sublevel 2: Eudicot

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Family: Ericaceae

Genus: Vaccinium

Species: Vaccinium vitis-idaea

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations:
CT - State Special Concern (Believed Extirpated)
MA - State Endangered
VT - Rare (state rank: S2 (Imperiled))
MA SWAP (2015) - SGCN
VT WAP (2015) - SGCN (Medium Priority)

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Photoautotroph

Type of Spores/Gametophytes: Two types of spores, unisexual gametophytes

HABITAT

Wetland Indicator Status: FAC

PHOTOS OF Vaccinium vitis-idaea