Vaccinium vitis-idaea Linnaeus 1753 (Family Ericaceae)


Plant

Leaves

Flowers

Fruit

Height: 10-30cm
Ericoid Mycorrhizal
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - August (Earliest: 16.5)

Habitat:
Heath and Moorland

Peat Bogs and Fens

Spruce Forest Edge
Pollination:
Andrena lapponica

Pyrgus malvae
Parasites:
Exobasidium vaccinii
Herbivores:
Aphelia viburnana Larva

Acleris hyemana Larva

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Cowberry


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