Vaccinium vitis-idaea Linnaeus

Vaccinium vitis-idaea Linnaeus is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2009.

Vernacular names

• airelle rouge Meades et al., 2000
• airelle Lambinon et al., 1992
• airelle de montagne Porsild, 1974
• airelle du mont Ida TelaBotanica
• airelle ponctuée Louis-Marie, 1953
• airelle vigne d'Ida Darbyshire et al., 2000
• berris Marie-Victorin, 1995
• graines Blondeau & Roy, 2004
• graines rouges Marie-Victorin, 1995
• myrtille rouge TelaBotanica
• petite airelle TelaBotanica
• pommes Marie-Victorin, 1995
• pommes de terre Marie-Victorin, 1995

• mountain cranberry Vander Kloet, 1988
• dry ground cranberry Vander Kloet, 1988
• foxberry FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• lingberry Vander Kloet, 1988
• lingonberry FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• northern mountain cranberry ITIS, 2010
• partridgeberry FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• rock cranberry Vander Kloet, 1988

Synonyms

• Vaccinium vitis-idaea subsp. minus (Loddiges, G. Loddiges & W. Loddiges) Hultén FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• Vaccinium vitis-idaea var. minus Loddiges, G. Loddiges & W. Loddiges FNA Ed. Comm., 2009

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae
Subfamily	Vaccinioideae
Tribe	Vaccinieae
Genus	Vaccinium
Section	Vaccinium sect. Vitis-idaea
Species	Vaccinium vitis-idaea

Habit

Shrub