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Ericaceae
Bog Bilberry
Vaccinium uliginosum
Hardy survival.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
- Native to
- Northern Hemisphere, Arctic, Subarctic
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- deciduous shrub
- Height
- 0.5-2 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Acidic, boggy, peaty
- Water
- high
- Hardiness
- 1-6
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Bog bilberry is one of the hardiest fruit-bearing plants on Earth, surviving Arctic winter temperatures below minus 50 degrees.
- The blue-black berries are sweeter than common bilberries and are foraged across Scandinavia and Russia.
- It is a circumpolar species found in bogs and tundra across Europe, Asia, and North America.
- In Scandinavian folklore, eating too many bog bilberries was said to cause dizziness and intoxication.
- The tiny urn-shaped pink flowers are only about a quarter inch long but produce fruit reliably even in harsh climates.
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