Vaccinium vitis-idaea
About
Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry, partridgeberry, mountain cranberry or cowberry) is a short evergreen shrub in the heath family that bears edible fruit, native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America. Lingonberries are picked in the wild and used to accompany a variety of dishes in Northern Baltoscandia and Russia. Commercial cultivation is undertaken in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and in many other regions of the world.
- Family
- Ericaceae
How to use it
This species is widely valued for its edible fruit. While wild harvesting remains popular in Northern Baltoscandia and Russia, commercial cultivation of the plant has been successfully established in regions such as the United States Pacific Northwest and the Netherlands.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org
In the kitchen
The edible berries of this plant are highly versatile in the kitchen. Traditionally harvested from the wild, they are used to accompany a wide variety of dishes, particularly in Northern Baltoscandian, Russian, and Nordic cuisines.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Vaccinium vitis-idaea
- Slug
- vaccinium-vitis-idaea
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
- Species
- vitis-idaea
- Wikidata QID
- Q93235
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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