Burke: Vaccinium hirsutum vs. Vaccinium oxycoccos

	Vaccinium hirsutum	Vaccinium oxycoccos
		small cranberry
Habit		Evergreen creeping shrub with glabrous to finely pubescent stems.
Leaves		Leaves alternate, ovate to lanceolate, acute, 5-15 mm. long, deep green, shining on the upper surface, grayish beneath, strongly revolute.
Flowers		Flowers 1-several, terminal or lateral on the stem; pedicels very slender, 2-4 cm. long, usually glabrous, with 2 tiny bractlets usually below mid-length; petals 4, distinct, deep pinkish, 5-8 mm. long, recurved; anthers with pore-bearing terminal tubes but without awns; ovary inferior.
Fruits		Fruit a berry, deep red, 5-10 mm. broad.

	Vaccinium hirsutum	Vaccinium oxycoccos
Flowering time		May-July
Habitat		Usually in sphagnum bogs.
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Idaho, across Canada; from the upper Midwest to the Atlantic coast. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		Not of concern
Sibling taxa	V. cespitosum, V. corymbosum, V. deliciosum, V. macrocarpon, V. membranaceum, V. myrtilloides, V. myrtillus, V. ovalifolium, V. ovatum, V. oxycoccos, V. parvifolium, V. scoparium, V. uliginosum	V. cespitosum, V. corymbosum, V. deliciosum, V. macrocarpon, V. membranaceum, V. myrtilloides, V. myrtillus, V. ovalifolium, V. ovatum, V. parvifolium, V. scoparium, V. uliginosum
Web links	Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Vaccinium hirsutum

Vaccinium oxycoccos

small cranberry

Habit

Evergreen creeping shrub with glabrous to finely pubescent stems.

Leaves

Leaves alternate, ovate to lanceolate, acute, 5-15 mm. long, deep green, shining on the upper surface, grayish beneath, strongly revolute.

Flowers

Flowers 1-several, terminal or lateral on the stem;

pedicels very slender, 2-4 cm. long, usually glabrous, with 2 tiny bractlets usually below mid-length;

petals 4, distinct, deep pinkish, 5-8 mm. long, recurved;

anthers with pore-bearing terminal tubes but without awns;

ovary inferior.

Fruits

Fruit a berry, deep red, 5-10 mm. broad.

Vaccinium hirsutum

Vaccinium oxycoccos

Flowering time

May-July

Habitat

Usually in sphagnum bogs.

Distribution

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Occurring chiefly west of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Idaho, across Canada; from the upper Midwest to the Atlantic coast.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Native

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa