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Sourced6 Source not recorded9 Not on the record10 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Aiton	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Hort. Kew. 2: 13 (1789)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1789	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	American cranberry	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	E. Canada to NC. & E. U.S.A.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	60 cm	60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68	Sourced
Biological type	chamaephyte	chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 174	Sourced
Flower color	magenta	magenta · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Sourced
Foliage texture	empty	coarse · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Fruit shape	empty	berry · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Growth habit	Subshrub, Shrub	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	empty	100 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68	Not on the record
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	feb, jun	feb, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 174	Sourced
Duration	perennial	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25	Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity	empty	8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 71, 445	Sourced
Soil nutriments	empty	3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record
Soil salinity	empty	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record
Other
Human usage type	—	food_general · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	1 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242	Not on the record

Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton, 1789 22% complete

American cranberry

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