Small Cranberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos L. - Heath family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 2 inches
Plant Type: Subshrub, Shrub
Features
Flower Color: White, Pink
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Late Spring
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Small Cranberry: Acrobasis vaccinii, Actebia fennica, Clossiana eunomia, Clossiana eunomia dawsoni, Clossiana eunomia triclaris, Epidemia dorcas, Epidemia epixanthe, Epidemia epixanthe michiganensis, Lycaena epixanthe, Rhopobota finitimana
Native Range
- USA: Alaska, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
- DEN: Greenland
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.