Cranberry, Lingonberry, Huckleberry
Agrihortico CPL
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Sachbuch / Natur: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke
Beschreibung
Scientific name of cranberry is
Vaccinium oxycoccos and it belongs to the family Ericaceae, the family of blueberry, bilberry, lingonberry and huckleberry.
Vaccinium oxycoccos is native to Europe. There is another species of cranberry with scientific name
Vaccinium macrocarpon which is native to North America.
Scientific name of lingonberry is
Vaccinium vitis-idaea. It is also known as mossberry, foxberry, bearberry, partridgeberry, mountain cranberry or cowberry. Lingonberry plants are grown for its red coloured acidic fruits.
Huckleberry is another berry plant from the family Ericaceae and is widely cultivated for its edible fruits. There are different types of huckleberry plants belonging to two separate plant genus, namely Gaylussacia and Vaccinium.