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    Facts about Bog Bilberry

    By SylviaFebruary 9, 2018Updated:February 9, 2018No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Facts about Bog Bilberry

    Vaccinium uliginosum with many common names including Bog bilberry, Bog blueberry, Moorberry, Western-huckleberry, Alpine Blueberry, Northern Bilberry, Bog whortleberry and Ground Hurts is a low, highly branched, deciduous shrub of the heather family (Ericaceae) and Vaccinium genus. The plant is closely related to the blueberry, cranberry, and huckleberry.  The plant is native to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, at low altitudes in the Arctic, and at high altitudes south to the Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Caucasus in Europe, the mountains of Mongolia, northern China, the Korean Peninsula and central Japan in Asia, and the Sierra Nevada in California and the Rocky Mountains in Utah in North America. Vaccinium is the Latin word for “blueberry” or “whortleberry” and Uliginosum means “full of moisture” or “marshy.” Anthocyanins are responsible for the color of bog bilberries with over 15 different anthocyanins identified from bog bilberries grown in the west coast of Norway

    Plant Description

    Bog Bilberry is a low, highly branched, deciduous shrub that grows about 10–75 centimeters (0.33–2.46 ft.) tall, rarely 1 meter (3.3 ft.) tall with round, gray-brown, glabrous branches and a creeping rhizome. The plant is found growing in coastal and interior bogs, cotton grass tussock tundra, low shrub tundra, sedge meadows, black or white spruce woodlands, forested areas, rocky or sandy shores of lakes and streams, rock outcrops and barrens. The plant prefers organic or inorganic soils that are generally acidic and is found growing abundantly on well-drained to poorly drained sites. The plant has many green, triangular, erect stems and twigs are slender. Older twigs have gray, shreddy bark. 

    Leaves

    Leaves are alternate, deciduous, from broadly egg-shaped to oval or elliptic, 0.4-3 cm long, 0.2-1.5 cm wide, rounded at tips, tapered at base, glabrous or minutely hairy, with slight bloom, strongly net-veined, margins entire, rolled under somewhat. The undersurface has a protruding, reticulate vein system and is blue-green. The upper surface of the leaves is light matte-green to almost white.

    Flower & Fruit

    The flowers are arranged in axils of small leaves at the end of short lateral branches. They are hanging and white or reddish in color. The pedicle is encircled at the base with a light brown bud husk. The calyx is fused with the ovary. The fruit is a round or pear-shaped, blue-frosted multi-seeded dark blue-black berry 5–8 millimeters (0.20–0.31 in) diameter, with a white flesh, edible and sweet when ripe in late summer. The light brown seeds are sickle-shaped with sharp ends, and have a punctate-reticulate skin.

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    Few Traditional uses and benefits of Bog Bilberry

    • An infusion of the leaves and sugar has been given to a mother a few days after childbirth in order to help her regain her strength.
    • Bog Bilberry is used for gastric and intestinal catarrh, diarrhea and bladder complaints.

    Culinary Uses

    • Bog blueberries are edible and have good flavor.
    • Berries are often picked in large quantities and used in jams, jellies, and pies.
    • Fresh or dried leaves can be used for tea.
    • The fruit can also be dried and used like raisins.
    • A tea is made from the leaves and dried fruits.
    • In Korea, bog bilberry is used in infused liquor.

    Precautions

    • The fruit can cause headaches if they are eaten in large quantities.
    • Consumption of large quantities of the fruits may results in queasiness, vomiting, states of intoxication, feelings of weakness and visual disorders.

    References:

    https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=23574#null

    https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/95606/

    https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=41063

    https://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Vaccinium+uliginosum

    http://www.floracatalana.net/vaccinium-uliginosum-l

    http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/tro-12300065

    https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=vaul

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_uliginosum

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    Bog Bilberry Facts

    Bog Bilberry Quick Facts
    Name: Bog Bilberry
    Scientific Name: Vaccinium uliginosum
    Origin temperate regions of the Northern HemisphereT
    Colors Green when young turning to dark blue-black as they mature
    Shapes Berry 5–8 millimeters (0.20–0.31 in) diameter
    Flesh colors White
    Taste Sweet
    Name Bog Bilberry
    Scientific Name Vaccinium uliginosum
    Native Cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, at low altitudes in the Arctic, and at high altitudes south to the Pyrenees, the Alps
    Common Names Alpine Blueberry, bog bilberry, bog blueberry, Northern Bilberry
    Name in Other Languages Arabic: وكب almanaqie  (المناقع)
    Azerbaijani: Cır mərsin
    Bashkir: Ҡара көртмәле
    Belarusian: Bujaki (Буякі)
    Belarusian (Taraškievica): Дурніцы
    Buryat (Russia): Нэрhэн
    Catalan: Nabinera alpina
    Catalan, Valencian: Nabiu uliginós
    Chinese: De guǒ (地果), Diān guǒ (甸果), Dǔ sī (笃斯), Dǔ sī yuè jú (笃斯越桔), Há táng guǒ (蛤螗果), 讷日苏, Hēidòu (黑豆), Lóng guǒ (龙果), Dǔ sī yuè jú (笃斯越橘)
    Czech: Vlochyně bahenní
    Danish: Mosebølle (plante)
    Dutch: Rijsbes
    Dutch Low Saxon: Riesbees
    English:  Bog bilberry, Bog blueberry, Moorberry, Western-huckleberry, Alpine Blueberry, Northern Bilberry, Bog whortleberry , Ground Hurts
    Estonian: Sinikas
    Finnish: Juolukka
    French: Airelle de marécages, Myrtille des marais
    German:  Moosbeere, Rauschbeere, Sumpf-Heidelbeere, Trunkelbeere, bleuet traînard, myrtille de loup, Myrtille des marais
    Japanese: kuromamenoki
    Galician: Arandeira negra
    Icelandic: Bláberjalyng, Aðalbláber
    Japanese: Kuromamenoki ( クロマメノキ)
    Komi: Чӧдлач
    Korean: Dultdzugnamu (들쭉나무)
    Lithuanian: Vaivoras
    Northern Sami: Ehtemas
    Norwegian: Blokkebær
    Norwegian (Nynorsk): Blokkebær
    Norwegian Nynorsk: Blokkebær
    Ossetian, Ossetic: Къабузæг
    Ossetic: Къабузæг
    Polish: Borówka bagienna
    Russian: Golubika (Голубика)
    Sami (Northern): Ehtemas
    Spanish: arándano de los pantanos
    Swedish: Odon
    Turkish: Bataklık yaban mersini
    Ukrainian: Buyakhy (Буяхи)
    Plant Growth Habit Low, highly branched, deciduous shrub
    Growing Climate Coastal and interior bogs, cotton grass tussock tundra, low shrub tundra, sedge meadows, black or white spruce woodlands, forested areas, rocky or sandy shores of lakes and streams, rock outcrops, and barrens
    Soil Organic or inorganic soils that are generally acidic. Found on well-drained to poorly drained sites
    Plant Size 10–75 centimeters (0.33–2.46 ft.) tall, rarely 1 meter (3.3 ft.) tall
    Twigs Twigs are slender. Older twigs have gray, shreddy bark
    Leaf Alternate, deciduous, from broadly egg-shaped to oval or elliptic, 0.4-3 cm long, 0.2-1.5 cm wide, rounded at tips, tapered at base, glabrous or minutely hairy, green above, lower surfaces pale
    Flower Pendulous, urn-shaped, pale pink, 4–6 mm long, produced in mid spring
    Fruit Shape & Size Berry 5–8 millimeters (0.20–0.31 in) diameter
    Fruit Color Green when young turning to dark blue-black
    Flesh Color White
    Seed Light brown, sickle-shaped with sharp ends, and have a punctate-reticulate skin
    Taste Sweet
    Plant Parts Used Dried ripe fruit
    Varieties/Types
    • Vaccinium uliginosum subsp. microphyllum
    • Vaccinium uliginosum subsp. occidentale

    Bog Bilberry Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Vaccinium uliginosum

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (land plants)
    Superdivision Spermatophyta (Seed plants)
    Division Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants)
    Class Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)
    Subclass Dilleniidae
    Order Ericales
    Family Ericaceae (Heath family)
    Genus Vaccinium L. (blueberry)
    Species Vaccinium uliginosum L. (bog blueberry)
    Synonyms
    • Vaccinium gaultherioides Bigelow
    • Vaccinium occidentale A. Gray
    • Vaccinium pedris Holub
    • Vaccinium pubescens Wormsk. ex Hornem
    • Vaccinium uliginosum var. album J.Y. Ma & Yue Zhang
    • Vaccinium uliginosum subsp. gaultherioides (Bigelow) S.B. Young
    • Vaccinium uliginosum var. gaultherioides (Bigelow) Bigelow
    • Vaccinium uliginosum subsp. occidentale (A. Gray) Hultén
    • Vaccinium uliginosum var. occidentale (A. Gray) H. Hara
    • Vaccinium uliginosum var. pedris Harshb
    • Vaccinium uliginosum subsp. pubescens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.)
    • Vaccinium uliginosum var. pubescens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) Hornem
    • Vaccinium uliginosum f. pubescens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) Polunin
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