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Cowberry

Vaccinium vitis-idaea is a small evergreen shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae. It is known colloquially as the lingonberry, partridgeberry, foxberry, mountain cranberry, or cowberry. It is native to the boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The edible berries are picked in the wild and used in Nordic cuisine, and among many other cuisines around the world; the berries are also commercially cultivated in the United States Pacific Northwest and the Netherlands.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Genus: Vaccinium
Kingdom: Plantae
Hardiness: Zone 1
Habit: shrub
Bloom: Summer