DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Vaccinium oxycoccos | Bog Cranberry 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Bog cranberry is distributed throughout Alaska and across Canada to
Labrador, Greenland, and Newfoundland.  It also occurs south through New
England, the northern portions of the Great Lakes States, and western
Washington and Oregon.  Bog cranberry is also found in Europe and Asia
[11,20,44,50].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES23  Fir - spruce


STATES : 
     AK  CT  ID  IL  IN  ME  MD  MA  MI  MN
     NH  NJ  NY  NC  OH  OR  PA  RI  VT  VA
     WA  WV  WI  AB  BC  LB  MB  NB  NF  NT
     NS  ON  PE  PQ  SK  YT


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     ACAD  APIS  CACO  DEWA  DENA  FIIS
     GLBA  INDU  ISRO  LACL  OLYM  PIRO
     SLBE  VOYA  WRST  YUCH


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
   1  Northern Pacific Border
   2  Cascade Mountains


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K004  Fir - hemlock forest
   K093  Great Lakes spruce - fir forest
   K094  Conifer bog
   K095  Great Lakes pine forest
   K096  Northeastern spruce - fir forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
     1  Jack pine
     5  Balsam fir
    12  Black spruce
    13  Black spruce - tamarack
    38  Tamarack
   107  White spruce
   201  White spruce
   204  Black spruce
   253  Black spruce - white spruce


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Bog cranberry is classified as an indicator of moist to very wet,
nitrogen-poor soils and high surface groundwater [25].  It is also an
indicator of coniferous swamps [37].  Bog cranberry is not listed as a
dominant or codominant understory species in published classification
schemes.

Related categories for Species: Vaccinium oxycoccos | Bog Cranberry