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Southern Mountain Cranberry

Southern Mountain Cranberry
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Ericales
Family:Ericaceae
Genus:Vaccinium
Species:V. erythrocarpum
Binomial name
Vaccinium erythrocarpum
Michx.

Southern Mountain Cranberry (Vaccinium erythrocarpum), also known as the Dingleberry, is a type of cranberry native to the southeastern United States. It is a deciduous shrub.

The flowers bloom in June. The individual flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by insects. They produce scarlet, transparent berries. It grows in woodlands and areas of dappled shade.

It is also known under the synonym Oxycoccus erythrocarpus.

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