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Oxycoccus macrocarpus (Ait.) Pers. 



Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. 

 Large cranberry. American cranberry 



Bogs and marshes. June and July. Many years ago .fine specimens 

 of this cranberry were collected at the south end of Lake Placid. It still 

 persists there on one of the bogs. 



Oxycoccus Oxycoccus (Z.) MacM. 



Vaccinium Oxycoccus L. 



Small cranberry 



Bogs, marshes and mountain tops. Averyville swamp, Hidden swamp 

 and the summit of Mt Mclntyre and Mt Wright. June and July. This 

 hardy little plant fruits freely in the cold bleak situations it occupies on 

 the mountain tops. Formerly it grew in a marsh on Wood farm and 

 was much more abundant on Hidden swamp than it is now. By the 

 destruction of the forests and the consequent rapid evaporation of mois- 

 ture the swamps gradually become drier and firmer and small shrubs 

 become more abundant in them. Both these changes are unfavorable to 

 the cranberry and it gradually gives up the struggle for existence. 



Chiogenes hispidula (Z ) T. cV G. 



C. serpyllifolia Salisb. 



Creeping snowberry 



Not common. Indian pass and summit of Mt Mclntyre. June. A 

 pretty creeping vine with small nearly orbicular leaves of a spicy flavor 

 and a small white edible fruit. 



Gaultheria procumbens Z. 



WlNTERGREEN 



Heathy places. Scarce. Raybrook and Wood farm. July. The 

 fruit persists through the winter and is larger and better in spring than in 

 autumn. This little evergreen has many local names of which Rafinesque 

 gives a dozen or more. 



Andromeda Polifolia Z. 



Wild rosemary 



Bogs, marshes and banks of sluggish streams. Averyville swamp and 

 Hidden swamp. June and July. 



