Cranberry American Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Ericaceae · vine groundcover · native
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Quick Facts
Spread
6 ft
Growth Rate
Medium
Light
Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil
Wet Tolerant
Water
High
Hardiness
Zone Zones 2a–8b
Bloom Time
May to June
Origin
Newfoundland to Saskatchewan, south to Minnesota
Diseases (41)
Alternaria spp Alternaria Fruit Rot Armillaria ostoyae Armillaria Root Rot Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae Bacterial Canker Botrytis Blight Chemical Injury Rhizobium radiobacter (formerly Agrobacterium tumefaciens) Crown Gall Godronia cassandrae Fusicoccum Canker (Godronia Canker) Incorrect soil pH Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi Mummy Berry Xiphinema americanum Nematode, Dagger Pratylenchus penetrans Nematode, Root-lesion Paratrichodorus renifer Nematode, Stubby-root Colletotrichum spp. Ripe Rot (Anthracnose) Symptom category — not a single disease Root Rot Thekopsora minima and Naohidemyces vaccinii Rust Blueberry scorch virus (BlScV) Scorch Blueberry shock virus (BlShV) Shock Chondrostereum purpureum Silver Leaf Botryosphaeria corticis Stem Canker Diaporthe vaccinii Twig Blight Sporocadus lichenicola Twig Canker Verticillium dahliae Verticillium Wilt Blueberry mosaic virus and related viruses Virus Diseases Gymnosporangium spp. [VERIFY: hosts inconsistent with G Witches' Broom Rust Botryosphaeria spp. Botryosphaeria Fruit Rot and Berry Speckle Abiotic (symptom) Cottonball Phyllosticta cotoneastri (primary); Entomosporium maculat... Early Leaf Spot Cranberry false blossom virus False Blossom Phytophthora cactorum Fruit Rot Nematodes are Nematodes Phytophthora Root and Runner Rot Pyrenobotrys compacta Pyrenobotrys Leaf Spot Phyllosticta cotoneastri Red Leaf Spot Phytophthora spp. or environmental Red Shoot Rose Bloom Diaporthe vaccinii (asexual: Phomopsis vaccinii) Upright Dieback Raspberry bushy dwarf virus and related viruses Virus Abiotic or fungal Leaf Gall Symptom category — not a single disease Leaf Spot Ramorum Blight (Sudden Oak Death) Three viruses generally considered as \"latent\" in apple... Diseases