Classification
within iNaturalist

All Names

  • English
    • Cowberry
    • Lingonberry
  • Scientific names
    • Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Colors

 

Places

Countries: Map of countries: SE

Extras

Make taxonomic Flickr tags for this taxon »

Flickr invite link »

Wikipedia taxobox »

Tree Browser »

Search descendant taxa »

Embed a widget for this taxon on your website »

1350112132_a1b80b116fMagnifier

Recent Observations

Plantae-15px

Photos

No photos

What

Lingonberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Observer

sea-kangaroo

Date

Sep 9, 2011

Description

Plentiful, and fruiting.

Tags

Plantae-15px

Photos

4377422066_3f57cf978f_s

Observer

folini

Date

Oct 1, 2004
View all observations

Description from Wikipedia

The Vaccinium vitis-idaea – often called lingonberry and also called cowberry (UK), fittbär(sweden), foxberry, quailberry, mountain cranberry, red whortleberry, lowbush cranberry, mountain bilberry, partridgeberry (in Newfoundland and Cape Breton in Canada), and redberry (in Labrador in Canada) – is a small evergreen shrub in the flowering plant family Ericaceae that bears edible fruit.

No range data available.