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===Subgenus ''Oxycoccus''=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Name !! Description !! Distribution |- |[[File:ΠΡΡΠ°Π²Π»ΠΈΠ½Π°.jpg|120px]] ||''[[Vaccinium oxycoccos]]'' or ''Oxycoccus palustris'' (common cranberry, northern cranberry or cranberry) || It has small {{cvt|5|β|10|mm|in|frac=8}} leaves, with an inrolled margin. The flowers are dark pink, with a purple central spike, produced on finely hairy stalks. The fruit is a small pale pink to red [[berry (botany)|berry]], with a refreshing sharp acidic flavor.|| Widespread throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere, including northern Europe, northern Asia, and northern North America. |- |[[File:20121015-FS-UNK-0009 (8090982330).jpg|120px]]||''[[Vaccinium microcarpum]]'' or ''Oxycoccus microcarpus'' (small cranberry) || It is highly similar to ''V. oxycoccos'', differing in the leaves being more triangular, and the flower stems hairless; additionally, their stems can also be smaller and produce a smaller number of flowers than ''V. ocycoccos''. They also differ in the fact that their leaves can be smaller in size, even though the main difference is their triangular shape.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235743745 |title=''Vaccinium Oxycoccos'' L. (''Oxycoccus Palustris'' Pers.) and ''Vaccinium Microcarpum'' (Turcz. ex Rupr.) Schmalh. (''Oxycoccus Microcarpus'' Turcz. ex Rupr.) |doi= 10.2307/2960511 |first=Anne-Laure |last=Jacquemart |journal= Journal of Ecology |volume= 85 |issue= 3 |year= 1997 |pages= 381β396 |jstor=2960511 |bibcode=1997JEcol..85..381J }}</ref> Some botanists include it within ''V. oxycoccos''.||Occurs in northern North America,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.borealforest.org/shrubs/shrub29.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020225121823/http://www.borealforest.org/shrubs/shrub29.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 February 2002 |title=''Oxycoccus microcarpus'' Small Cranberry |publisher=Lakehead University |author=Faculty of Natural Resources Management |website=borealforest.org }}</ref> northern Europe and northern Asia. |- |[[File:Vaccinium macrocarpon 15-p.bot-vacci.macro-17.jpg|120px]]||''[[Vaccinium macrocarpon]]'' or ''Oxycoccus macrocarpus'' (large cranberry, American cranberry, bearberry) || It differs from ''V. oxycoccos'' in the leaves being larger, {{cvt|10|β|20|mm|in|frac=8}} long, and flat, and in the slightly apple-like taste of the berries. ||Native to northern North America across Canada, and eastern United States, south to [[North Carolina]] at high altitudes). |- |}
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