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Habit; Botanischer Garten Adorf, Vogtland, Sachsen, Germany; 9/2014 © Julia Roeser

Dataset

Identifier: 2357
Date of entry: 29.11.2014
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Bog cranberry

German: Gewöhnliche Moosbeere

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2713)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2628)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2216)

      Order: Ericales (57)

        Family: Ericaceae (28)(family description)

          Genus: Vaccinium (5)

            Epithet: oxycoccos L. (1)

oxycoccos => sharp (acid) berry

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habit: herb

External links

Check for Vaccinium oxycoccos at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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