Ericaceae
Small cranberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
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Common names
By language (41)
- Arabic
- عنب المناقع, اس بري, اس بري الصغير
- arz
- عنب المناقع
- Asturian
- Arandanera bermeya
- Azerbaijani
- Bataqlıq mərcanı
- Belarusian
- Журавіны звычайныя
- Chinese
- 红莓苔子, 大果毛蒿豆, 甸虎, 酸尔蔓
- Croatian
- Močvarna brusnica
- Czech
- Klikva bahenní
- Danish
- Almindelig tranebær
- dsb
- Wšedna žorawina
- Dutch
- Kleine veenbes
- English
- Small cranberry, Bog cranberry, Common cranberry, Cranberry, Northern cranberry, Swamp cranberry
- Estonian
- Harilik jõhvikas
- Finnish
- Isokarpalo, Karpalo
- German
- Gewöhnliche Moosbeere, Gemeine Moosbeere
- hsb
- Wšědna tymjenka
- Hungarian
- Tőzegáfonya
- Italian
- Ossicocco comune
- Japanese
- ツルコケモモ
- koi
- Туримоль
- Korean
- 넌출월귤
- kw
- Lus
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji spanguolė
- mwl
- Oxicoco
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Stortranebær, Tranebær
- Persian
- کرنبری باتلاقی
- Polish
- Żurawina błotna, Borówka błotna
- Romanian
- Răchițele, Răchiţele
- Russian
- Клюква болотная, Клюква обыкновенная, Клюква четырёхлепестная
- se
- Jeaggemuorji
- Serbian
- Мочварна брусница
- sjd
- Рыһпмӯррьй
- Slovak
- Kľukva močiarna
- smn
- Stuorrâjeggijuŋŋâ
- sms
- Jõnnreppjoŋŋ
- stq
- Moasbäie
- Swedish
- Tranbär
- Tatar
- Гади мүк җиләге
- Ukrainian
- Журавлина болотна
- vro
- Kurõmari
- Welsh
- Llygaeren
Synonyms
- Oxycoca vulgaris Raf.
- Oxycoccus europaeus Pers.
- Oxycoccus gigas Hagerup
- Oxycoccus intermedius (A.Gray) Rydb.
- Oxycoccus ovalifolius (Michx.) A.E.Porsild
- Oxycoccus oxycoccos (L.) MacMill.
- Oxycoccus palustris Pers.
- Oxycoccus quadripetalus Schinz & Thell.
- Oxycoccus quadripetalus Gilib.
- Oxycoccus vulgaris Hill
- Schollera europaea (Pers.) Steud.
- Schollera oxycoccos (L.) Roth
- Schollera oxycoccus (L.) Britten
- Schollera paludosa Baumg.
- Schollera palustris (Pers.) Steud.
- Vaccinium oxycoccos f. oxycoccos
- Vaccinium oxycoccos subsp. microphyllum (Lange) Feilberg
- Vaccinium oxycoccos var. intermedium A.Gray
- Vaccinium oxycoccos var. oxycoccos
- Vaccinium palustre Salisb.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July (from 785 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Scavo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Hanna Larsson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: David Bird, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pawel Ryszawa, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Norma Malinowski, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turaids, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Valentin Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Ebner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Small cranberryVaccinium microcarpumEricaceae
- Vaccinium arctostaphylosEricaceae
- Early low-bush blueberryVaccinium angustifoliumEricaceae
- Alaska blueberryVaccinium ovalifoliumEricaceae
- FarkleberryVaccinium arboreumEricaceae
- Red huckleberryVaccinium parvifoliumEricaceae
- Sea bilberryVaccinium bracteatumEricaceae
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.