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PLANTS

Cranberry

Vaccinium macrocarpon

Plants
NativeShrubPerennial
Cranberry, In flower
Cranberry, In fruit
Cranberry, photo 3 of 5

Perennial shrub. Grows in marshes.

There are 320 observations of Cranberry in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Laurentides, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak from July to September and become rare from November to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord75
  2. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine53
  3. Laurentides37
  4. Outaouais31
  5. Chaudière-Appalaches25
  6. Mauricie24
  7. Estrie14
  8. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean13
  9. Lanaudière11
  10. Abitibi-Témiscamingue11
  11. Capitale-Nationale10
  12. Centre-du-Québec7
  13. Montérégie4
  14. Bas-Saint-Laurent3
  15. Nord-du-Québec2

Habitat

MarshAlexander Rumpel

Similar species

Small cranberryVaccinium oxycoccos
LingonberryVaccinium vitis-idaea
BearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursi
LeatherleafChamaedaphne calyculata
Small CranberryVaccinium microcarpum
TOXIC
Guelder roseViburnum opulus
Cancer wintergreenGaultheria hispidula
Black crowberryEmpetrum nigrum
Bog rosemaryAndromeda polifolia
Lowbush blueberryVaccinium angustifolium
Highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum
SquashberryViburnum edule