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21 November 2019

Vaccinium macrocarpon (cranberry)

https://doi.org/10.1079/pwkb.species.56008

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Preferred Scientific Name
Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton
Preferred Common Name
cranberry
Other Scientific Names
Oxycoccus macrocarpos (Aiton) Pers.
Vaccinium macrocarpum
International Common Names
Spanish
arándano agrio
French
canneberge
Local Common Names
Germany
Preiselbeere
Greece
mirtidio
Italy
mirtillo del Canada
Lithuania
spanguoles
Netherlands
lepeltjeheide
EPPO code
VACMA (Vaccinium macrocarpon)

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Vaccinium macrocarpon (cranberry); mature fruits ready for harvest.
Mature fruits ready for harvest
Vaccinium macrocarpon (cranberry); mature fruits ready for harvest.
©Teryl R. Roper
Cranberry upright growth at the roughneck stage.
Terminal bud
Cranberry upright growth at the roughneck stage.
©Teryl R. Roper
Cranberry upright at the hook stage of development. The unopened flowers are prominent.
Terminal bud
Cranberry upright at the hook stage of development. The unopened flowers are prominent.
©Teryl R. Roper
Green immature fruit on an upright.
Immature fruits
Green immature fruit on an upright.
©Teryl R. Roper
Harvested fruit are corralled into a corner and lifted out of the bed.
Harvesting
Harvested fruit are corralled into a corner and lifted out of the bed.
©Teryl R. Roper
Harvesting fruit with a 'water reel' beater. The beater strikes the fruit and creates turbulence which removes them from the uprights. The fruits then float to the water surface.
Harvesting
Harvesting fruit with a 'water reel' beater. The beater strikes the fruit and creates turbulence which removes them from the uprights. The fruits then float to the water surface.
©Teryl R. Roper
Spreading sand over the surface of the ice in the winter in Wisconsin. Sanding is like pruning and rejuvenates the plantings.
Sanding
Spreading sand over the surface of the ice in the winter in Wisconsin. Sanding is like pruning and rejuvenates the plantings.
©Teryl R. Roper
A water reel beater harvesting fruit in Wisconsin, USA.
Harvesting
A water reel beater harvesting fruit in Wisconsin, USA.
©Teryl R. Roper
Flowering cranberry uprights.
Flowering uprights
Flowering cranberry uprights.
©Teryl R. Roper
Keith Weller, USDA ARS, bugwood.org
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Keith Weller, USDA ARS, bugwood.org
Refer to Bugwood: http://www.bugwood.org/ImageUsage.html

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Published online: 21 November 2019

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