American cranberry

plant
Also known as: Vaccinium macrocarpon

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    In cranberry: Major species

    The American cranberry (V. macrocarpon) is the most commercially important species and is found wild in the greater part of the northeastern United States. It is robust with round, oblong, or pear-shaped berries that vary in colour from pink to very dark red or mottled red…

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