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Vaccinium vitis-idaea
''Vaccinium vitis-idaea'' (lingonberry or cowberry) is a short evergreen shrub in the heath family that bears edible fruit, native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere from Eurasia to North America. Lingonberries are a staple in Northern Fennoscandia, picked in the wild and used to accompany a variety of dishes. Commercial cultivation is undertaken in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.〔"Economic Evaluation of Lingonberry Production in Oregon" "Oregon State University Extension Service" Dec 2003 ()〕
==Names==
''Vaccinium vitis-idaea'' is most commonly known in English as lingonberry or cowberry.〔〔Gray's Manual of Botany: Asa Gray〕〔Interactive Flora of Northwest Europe: (''Vaccinium vitis-idaea'' )〕 The name lingonberry originates from the Swedish name ''lingon'' for the species, and is derived from the Norse ''lyngr'', or heather.
The genus name ''Vaccinium'' is a classical Latin name for a plant, possibly the bilberry or hyacinth, and may be derived from the Latin ''bacca'', berry.〔 p. 515.〕〔 p. 187.〕 The specific name is derived from Latin ''vitis'' ("vine") and ''idaea'', the feminine form of ''idaeus'' (literally "from Mount Ida", used in reference to raspberries ''Rubus idaeus'').〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=idaein )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Raspberries )〕
There are at least 25 other common English names of ''Vaccinium vitis-idaea'' worldwide, including:
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