1458 Vaccinium oxycoccos L.

Syn.: Oxycoccus palustris Pers.

This mainly boreal species belongs to the circumpolar plants (Hultén, Circumpol. Il, p. 140 and map 131), although there are distribution gaps in the North Atlantic and Pacific areas. The closely related V. macrocarpum Ait. occurs in eastern N. America, mainly S of V. oxycoccos. For subsp. microphyllum (Lge) Löve & Löve, see no. 1459. Cf. also Meusel et al. 1978, map p. 330.