Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.

Vaccinium vitis-idaea is a small evergreen shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae. It is known colloquially as the lingonberry, partridgeberry, foxberry, mountain cranberry, or cowberry. It is native to the boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

Source: Wikipedia

Synonyms 35

Myrtillus exigua, Rhodococcum minus, Rhodococcum vitis-idaea, Vaccinium idaeum, Vaccinium jesoense, Vaccinium minus, Vaccinium nemorosum, Vaccinium pulchellum, Vaccinium punctatum, Vaccinium punctifolium, Vitis-idaea punctata, Vitis-idaea punctifolia, Vitis-idaea vitis-idaea, Rhodococcum vitis-idaea subsp. minus, Vaccinium vitis-idaea subsp. minus, Vaccinium punctatum var. ellipticum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. crenatum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. elatum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. longiflorum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. macrophyllum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. major, Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. microcarpum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. minus, Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. ovata, Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. pumilum, Vitis-idaea punctata var. minor, Vaccinium vitis-idaea f. ellipticum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea f. leucocarpum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea f. longiflorum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea f. macrophyllum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea f. major, Vaccinium vitis-idaea f. microcarpum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea f. microphyllum, Vaccinium vitis-idaea f. minus, Vaccinium vitis-idaea f. pyricarpum

587,553 GBIF occurrences
62,702 iNaturalist observations

Conservation status code

Conservation: status label

Least Concern

Conservation: population trend

Unknown

Conservation: year assessed

2016

IUCN Red List page

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18748884/78457217

Habitats

IUCN: population narrative

The species is classed as globally 'Secure' by NatureServe (2014), however the populations in some states in the USA are classed as 'Critically Imperiled' or 'Imperiled'. The Canadian Endangered Species Conservation Council (CESCC 2011) also class the species as 'Secure' (for Canada only).

IUCN: habitat narrative

The species occurs in bogs, cliffs, balds, or ledges, fens (calcium-rich wetlands), forests, meadows and fields, mountain summits and plateaus, ridges or ledges, shores of rivers or lakes (New England Wild Flower Society 2011-2015).

IUCN: threats narrative

The threats to the species are unknown.

IUCN: conservation narrative

No conservation actions for the species are known, or likely to be needed.

IUCN: rationale

The species is widespread and while it is possibly declining in parts of its range, it is not thought that any global population decline is likely to meet (or be close to meeting) the threshold for Vulnerable. Therefore the species is assessed as Least Concern.

Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.

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