| Southern Mountain Cranberry Vaccinium erythrocarpum |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Vaccinium |
| Species: | V. erythrocarpum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx. |
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Southern Mountain Cranberry, Vaccinium erythrocarpum, — also commonly known as bearberry, arando, and dingleberry, is a type of cranberry native to the southeastern United States. It is a deciduous shrub.
The Vaccinium erythrocarpum flowers bloom in June. The individual flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by insects. They produce scarlet, transparent berries. It grows in woodlands and areas of dappled shade.
It is also known under the synonym Oxycoccus erythrocarpus.