The Cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon, is a low, evergreen, fruit bearing creeping shrub or vine, up to 2 m in length and 5 to 20 cm in height with thin, wiry, woody stems. It’s generally found in acidic peat bogs throughout the colder parts of the Northern Hemisphere. The cranberry vine is a member of the [...]
The lingonberry, vaccinium vitis-idaea, also called cowberry, foxberry, mountain cranberry and mountain bilberry, is a little evergreen shrub, a member of the flowering plant family Ericaceaethe genus Vaccinium that bears edible fruit. Lingonberry is rarely cultivated, but the fruit berries are commonly gathered in the wild. The native habitat is the woods of northern Eurasia [...]
Fox grape, Vitis labrusca, also known as Northern Fox Grape and Wild Vine, is a perennial species of fruit bearing plant (grape vine), native to the easterly United States. Fox grape is a member of the Vitaceae family the genus vitis L. This Wild vine is the source of many grape cultivars including Concord grapes. [...]
The Nannyberry, Viburnum lentago, also known as Sheepberry or Sweet Viburnum is a member of the Adoxaceae family the genus Viburnum It is a deciduous, native to the North-Eastern and Midwestern United States and in Southern Canada. Nannyberry is a large erect shrub or small fruit bearing tree, growing to 9 m in height with [...]
The African plum, Vitex doriana, is also known as Black plum, Prunier noir and/or mfuru. It is a deciduous small to medium sized, fruit bearing tree, up to 20 m tall; tree trunk branchless for up to 11 m and up to 90 cm in diameter. Vitex doriana has a moderate rate of growth and [...]
Annato is a shrub or small fruit bearing tree, 5-10 m in height, from the tropical regions of the south-central Americas and the Caribbean and can be found in some regions of Mexico. It is a member of the Bixaceae family the genus Bixa, known also as achiote, rocou uruku and urucum amongst other names. [...]
