Mountain Cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea ssp. minus)

Picture of a Mountain Cranberry

Synonym:

Status: endangered in Wisconsin

Habitat Description: acid peatlands and open bogs

Habitat Classification
WI NHI: Open Bog
Curtis: Open Bog
Kotar: NA
Forest Cover:

Range: Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas, Forest, and Polk

Comments: Wisconsin is at very southern edge of range.

Phenology:

Field Guides:
Britton and Brown, p. 3:27/p.3:27
Gleason 1963, p.534
Gleason 1991, p.212
Peterson, p.236/p.237
Zimmerman, p.77/p.76

Last Revised: June 12, 2006