Bog or Swamp Cranberry (Oxycoccus microcarpus)-

Of course, you all know that bog or swap cranberries are the true cranberries; the bush cranberry , high or low(common names )is not even related and is NOT A CRANBERRY. Like many other species of wild berries with domesticated counterparts, wild cranberries are smaller but packed with a real flavour that would seem too many who have previously tasted the engineered/manipulated version to be disproportionate to their size. The tartness of cranberries gives them an enviable versatility for sweet, sour, and savoury dishes.

True Cranberries are a group of evergreen dwarf shrubs or trailing vines in the subgenus Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium. In some methods of classification, Oxycoccus is regarded as a genus in its own right. They can be found in acidic bogs throughout the cooler regions of the northern hemisphere.

Bog or Swamp Cranberry (Oxycoccus microcarpus)

Flowers are deep pink, on thread like, creeping stems. .The tiny, leather leaves are dark green above, and whitish underneath; the berry is red. It can be found trailing through moss, in swamps or bogs.

This is a very sour berry; it is used to make sauce, jelly, or juice.