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Bog Bilberry
Bog Bilberry
Vaccinium uliginosum
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tundra wetland
Range
Northern Hemisphere
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

A low-growing shrub of bogs and alpine tundra that produces dusty blue-purple berries beloved by bears, birds, and foragers alike. Unlike its blueberry cousins, each berry contains a pale greenish flesh rather than the expected blue interior.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Vaccinium
Species
Vaccinium uliginosum