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Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Flowering Plants

Vaccinium vitis-idaea, commonly called the lingonberry as well as partridgeberry, foxberry, mountain cranberry or cowberry among more than two dozen English names, is a small evergreen shrub in the heath family Ericaceae. It is native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra across the Northern Hemisphere in both Eurasia and North America, spreading by underground stems to form dense clonal colonies 10 to 40 centimeters tall, with alternate oval leaves 5 to 30 millimeters long. The plant bears bell-shaped white to pale pink flowers followed by red berries about 6 to 10 millimeters across that ripen from late summer into autumn, are edible with an acidic taste that sweetens if left on the branch through winter, and are commercially cultivated in the United States and the Netherlands. It is classed as Least Concern by the IUCN and considered secure by NatureServe. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G5 Secure 3
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Scientific Name
Vaccinium vitis-idaea 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Ericaceae, Taxa
Source Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Wikidata)

In Biome

Boreal Forest, Biomes
Source Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Arctic Tundra, Ecosystems
Source Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Wikipedia)
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Albania

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Austria

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Belarus

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Belgium

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Bulgaria

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Denmark

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Finland

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France

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Germany

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Greece

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Hungary

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Iceland

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Ireland

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Italy

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Japan

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Kazakhstan

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Manchuria

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Mongolia

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Netherlands

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North America

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Norway

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Poland

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Romania

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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Ukraine

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Sources
1. Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • Introduction
    Vaccinium vitis-idaea is a small evergreen shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae. It is known colloquially as the lingonberry, partridgeberry, foxberry, mountain cranberry, or cowberry.
  • Lead section
    The edible berries are commercially cultivated in the United States and the Netherlands.
  • Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
    Vaccinium vitis-idaea is a small evergreen shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae.
  • In Biome: Boreal Forest, Wikipedia intro: "as the lingonberry, partridgeberry, foxberry, mountain cranberry, or cowberry. It is native to the boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemis..."
  • In Ecosystem: Arctic Tundra, Wikipedia intro: "y, partridgeberry, foxberry, mountain cranberry, or cowberry. It is native to the boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The edible..."
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2. Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q93235 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Ericaceae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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3. NatureServe Explorer: Vaccinium vitis-idaea
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
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4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Ericales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12414
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12414
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Ericaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12458
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12458
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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