Vaccinium vitis-idaea

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Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Conservation status: Secure
Lingonberry
Lingonberry
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Species: V. vitis-idaea
Binomial name
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
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Lingonberries
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Lingonberries

Vaccinium vitis-idaea (also called Lingonberry and Cowberry) is a small evergreen shrub that produces edible fruits. It is rarely grown by people, but often they will collect berries from the wild plants. It is in the Vaccinium family.

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