The large cranberry is an edible fruit. It is native to eastern Canada and eastern US.
The large cranberry is a cranberry species in the subgenus Oxycoccus in the genus Vaccinium. This genus includes many other edible fruits such as blueberries and bilberries.
Names
Scientific
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Synonym
Oxycoccus macrocarpus
English
American Cranberry
Bearberry
Cranberry
Large cranberry
Dutch
Cranberry
Grote veenbes
French
Airelle à gros fruits
Canneberge
German
Großfrüchtige Moosbeere
Kraanbeere
Kranbeere
Taxonomy
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Vaccinium
Species
Vaccinium macrocarpon (Large cranberry)