Lingonberry

Vaccinium vitis-idaea

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Vaccinium vitis-idaea (lingonberry, partridgeberry, mountain cranberry or cowberry) is a short evergreen shrub in the heath family that bears edible fruit, native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America. Lingonberries are picked in the wild and used to accompany a variety of dishes in Northern Baltoscandia and Russia. Commercial cultivation is undertaken in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and in many

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  1. (c) Stefan Jansson, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/41894180985@N01/1350112132
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_vitis-idaea

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