No range map exists for this species. See a map of the states in which Vaccinium macrocarpon can be found (opens a new window).
USDA Plants Database
Vaccinium macrocarpon is native to North America.
Vaccinium macrocarpon
There are two species of cranberry: large and small. Large cranberry is the familiar cranberry grown commercially and used in cooking. See the small cranberry page for information on distinguishing the species.
North America's native Vaccinium macrocarpon, even before resorting to a dwarf variety, is an eight-inch tall creeping, matting evergreen groundcover.
VACCINIUM MACROCARPON -Cranberry
VACCINIUM MYRSINITES - Florida evergreen blueberry
VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS - Whortleberry ...
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Fruits and Vegetables, Trees and Shrubs
Sunny spot, fertile and very acidic soil of pH 4 to 5, and very consistent moisture required. Grow from seed, by layering, division, or from cuttings as blueberry, above.
Cranberries (Vaccinium macrocarpon) are trailing, mat forming, evergreen shrubs that belong to the azalea family and are closely related to blueberries. They grow naturally in peaty bogs in the northeastern states and adjacent areas of Canada.
Cranberry - Vaccinium Macrocarpon or Vaccinium Oxycoccos
An evergreen creeping shrub in the same family as Huckleberry and Foxberry.
Plant Description ...
Cranberry, American Cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon
Cranberrybush see Viburnum
Cranesbill
Bloody Geranium ssp.
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia)
Common Lagerstroemia indica
Fauri Lagerstroemia fauriei
Creeper
Crinkle-leaf Rubus calycinoides (syn.
Bog Birch (Betula pumila), Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata), Bog Laurel (Kalmia polifolia), Large Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon), Small Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus), Sweet Gale (Myrica gale) ...
pumila, Calpogon tuberosus, Chamaedaphne calyculata angustifolia, Dryopteris thelypteris pubescens, Hypericum virginicum, Larix laricina, Osmunda regalis spectabilis, Rhus vernix, Spiraea tomentosa rosea, Vaccinium corymbosum, Vaccinium macrocarpon.
Vaccinium macrocarpon (Cranberry)
Vaccinium ovatum (Evergreen Huckleberry, California Huckleberry)
Vaccinium parvifolium (Red Huckleberry)
Vaccinium virgatum (Highbush Blueberry)
Vaccinium vitis-idaea (Foxberry, Cowberry, Mountain Cranberry) ...
 See also: Cranberry, Green, Vaccinium, Blueberry, Rhus
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