Cowberry, or Vaccinium vitisidaea

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Date:1946

Description:An evergreen shrub of acid heaths and moors.

Its pink or white flowers are on display between May and August, and it produces fruit between August and October.

The cowberry can grow up to 30cm in height.

This example was found growing at Camp Hills, near Maer in Staffordshire, by local naturalist Eric Edees in 1946.

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This plant is now cared for by staff at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.

Related themes:

Rivers, Streams & Brooks Lakes, Ponds & Reservoirs Canals Agriculture & Countryside

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