Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) - Detail

General
Species Profile

Species Detail - Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).

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Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).

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Scientific Name Vaccinium oxycoccos

Common Name Cranberry

Taxon Version Key NBNSYS0000003918 RecommendedWell-formed

Synonyms Oxycoccos oxycoccos (L.) MacMill., Oxycoccos palustris Pers., Oxycoccos quadripetalus Gilib., Oxycoccus oxycoccos (L.) Adolphi, Oxycoccus oxycoccos (L.) K.Adolphi, Oxycoccus quadripetalus nom. inval. Gilib.

Designations N/A

Abbreviation vaoxy

Authority L.

Group Flowering plant

Rank Species

Number Of Records 4

Number Of 10Km Squares 4

Number Of 50Km Squares 4

Oldest Record 21/05/2010

Newest Record 25/05/2013

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 1 January (recorded in 1988)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 20 December (recorded in 2020)

Species Profiles

Citation Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Ireland's BioBlitz, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/189/Species/29269

Species Detail - Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Ireland's BioBlitz".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)