Kebnat
PLANTS

Small cranberry

Vaccinium oxycoccos

Plants
NativeShrubPerennial
Small cranberry, photo 1 of 5
Small cranberry, In flower
Small cranberry, In fruit

Perennial shrub. Grows in marshes.

There are 1,826 observations of Small cranberry in Québec, mostly in Nord-du-Québec, Côte-Nord and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and it has been reported in 15 of the 17 regions. They peak from June to August and become rare from November to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Nord-du-Québec815
  2. Côte-Nord382
  3. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean170
  4. Abitibi-Témiscamingue157
  5. Chaudière-Appalaches69
  6. Capitale-Nationale64
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent42
  8. Estrie42
  9. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine24
  10. Mauricie20
  11. Outaouais13
  12. Laurentides11
  13. Lanaudière8
  14. Centre-du-Québec8
  15. Montérégie1

Habitat

MarshVyacheslav Argenberg

Similar species

CranberryVaccinium macrocarpon
Small CranberryVaccinium microcarpum
LingonberryVaccinium vitis-idaea
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TwinflowerLinnaea borealis
LeatherleafChamaedaphne calyculata
Black crowberryEmpetrum nigrum
Alpine azaleaKalmia procumbens
TOXIC
Roundleaf sundewDrosera rotundifolia
Swamp laurelKalmia polifolia
Lowbush blueberryVaccinium angustifolium