Ericaceae
American cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- قمام كبير الثمر
- arz
- توت برى
- Chinese
- 大果蔓越梅, 大果越橘, 蔓越橘, 大蔓越梅, 美洲蔓越梅
- Croatian
- Američka brusnica
- Czech
- Klikva velkoplodá
- Danish
- Storfrugtet tranebær, Sort af Tranebær (Vaccineum macrocarpum) 'Early Black', Vaccineum macrocarpum
- dsb
- Wjelikopłodowa žorawina
- Dutch
- Cranberry, Amerikaanse cranberry, Amerikaanse veenbes, Grote cranberry, Grote veenbes, Veenbes, Lepeltjeshei
- English
- American cranberry, Cranberry, Bearberry, Large cranberry
- Esperanto
- Oksikoko amerika
- Finnish
- Amerikankarpalo, Pensaskarpalo
- French
- Canneberge à gros fruits, Airelle à gros fruits, Grande airelle rouge d’Amérique du Nord
- German
- Grossfrüchtige Moosbeere, Großfrüchtige Moosbeere, Cranberry, Kraanbeere, Kranbeere, Kranichbeere, Kränbeere
- hsb
- Wulkopłodowa tymjenka
- Hungarian
- Amerikai tőzegáfonya
- Icelandic
- Trönuber
- Italian
- Mirtillo rosso americano, Ossicocco americano
- Latvian
- Lielogu dzērvene, Dižbrūklene
- Lithuanian
- Stambiauogė spanguolė
- Macedonian
- Американска брусница
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Amerikansk tranebær, Cranberry
- Persian
- قره قات, قرهقات
- Polish
- Żurawina wielkoowocowa, Borówka wielkożurawinowa
- Russian
- Клюква крупноплодная, Вакциниум крупноплодный, Клюква американская
- Serbian
- Америчка брусница, Američka brusnica, Brusnica
- Slovak
- Kľukva veľkoplodá
- Spanish
- Cranberry
- Swedish
- Amerikanskt tranbär
- Welsh
- Llygaeren America
Synonyms
- Oxycoca berberidacea Raf.
- Oxycoca macrocarpa (Aiton) Raf.
- Oxycoccus macrocarpus (Aiton) Pers.
- Oxycoccus palustris var. macrocarpos (Aiton) Pers.
- Schollera macrocarpa (Aiton) Steud.
- Schollera macrocarpos (Aiton) Britton
- Vaccinium oblongifolium (Michx.) hort. ex Dun
- Vaccinium propinquum Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 488 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: christine123, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: christine123, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Daniel Atha, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Hodnett, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Taro Ietaka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Lisa Wiencek Gerbec, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.