The bog cranberry (Vaccinium vitas-idaea) is also known as low-bush cranberry, lingonberry and mountain cranberry. I'm sad to see that it is not very abundant this spring in my usual picking areas. This is my favorite berry to pick in the fall after the first frost. I collect gallons to use for making cranberry juice all year round. This tiny flower grows in bogs, tundra, taiga forests and alpine slopes. The flowers are pink to white bell shapes. The evergreen leaves are shiny, hard ovals with their edges rolled under.
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