Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton - Heath family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 6 inches
Plant Type: Subshrub, Shrub
Features
Flower Color: White, Pink
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Cranberry: Acleris minuta, Acrobasis vaccinii, Acronicta tritona, Anagrapha falcifera, Anavitrinella pampinaria, Chrysoteuchia topiaria, Coptodisca negligens, Dichomeris vacciniella, Epidemia epixanthe, Epidemia epixanthe michiganensis, Eutrapela clemataria, Euxoa detersa, Grapholita conversana, Hemileuca lucina, Hemileuca maia maia, Hemileuca nevadensis -complex, Hemipachnobia monochromataea, Hesperumia sulphuraria, Hyppa xylinoides, Lycaena epixanthe, Lymantria dispar, Megalopyge crispata, Melanchra picta, Mythimna unipuncta, Orthotaenia undulana, Phalaenostola metonalis, Rhopobota finitimana, Rhopobota unipunctana, Sparganothis sulfureana, Sphinx drupiferarum, Sphinx gordius, Spodoptera eridania, Spodoptera frugiperda, Stigmella corylifoliella, Xestia c-nigrum, Xylena nupera
Native Range
- USA: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- CAN: New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.