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Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)

Also known as Lingonberry

Family: Ericaceae

 

Wild Harvests research - uses in Scotland today

Cowberries: used to provide food for personal use
Photo - fruiting cowberry plants

Photograph copyright Lorne Gill / Scottish Natural Heritage

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Cowberries are being grown on a trial basis by the Highland Berry Growers Group

European cowberries in the Pacific Northwest
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