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	Vaccinium vitis-idaea  L.

Fam.: Ericaceae / Heather Fam.

Genus:  Vaccinium  L.

Authors:
	L.:		Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals

Etymology:
	Vaccinium:		Roman plant name, from bacca = berry
	vitis-idaea:		grape from Ida mountains (Crete)

Fig. 1:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry A Hahntennjoch 16.7.2010

Fig. 2:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry A Carinthia, Petzen 2.7.2010

Fig. 3:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry A Seetaler Alpen, Zirbitzkogel 28.6.2021

Fig. 4:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry A Seetaler Alpen, Zirbitzkogel 28.6.2021

Fig. 5:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry F Col de Saisies 21.6.2008

Fig. 6:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry D Black-Forest, Kaltenbronn 8.6.2013

Fig. 7:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry D Black-Forest, Kaltenbronn 8.6.2013

Fig. 8:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry D Black-Forest, Kaltenbronn 18.6.2013

Fig. 9:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry D Black-Forest, Hornisgrinde 4.9.2019

Fig. 10:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry A Imst 10.6.2007

Fig. 11:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry (the red leaves are taken by the fungus Exobasidium splendidum NANNFELDT) A Seckauer Tauern, Brandstätter Törl 27.7.2021

Fig. 12:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry A Hahntennjoch 22.8.2007

Fig. 13:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry A Hahntennjoch 22.8.2007

Fig. 14:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry F Vosges, Grand Ballon 7.8.2008

Fig. 15:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry F Col de la Bonette 8.7.2016

Fig. 16:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry (taken by rust fungus Thekopsora goeppertiana (J.G.KÜHN) HIRATS.F.) D Borken 2.8.2023

Fig. 17:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry (taken by rust fungus Thekopsora goeppertiana (J.G.KÜHN) HIRATS.F.) D Borken 2.8.2023

Fig. 18:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry (taken by rust fungus Thekopsora goeppertiana (J.G.KÜHN) HIRATS.F.) D Borken 2.8.2023

Fig. 19:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry (taken by rust fungus Thekopsora goeppertiana (J.G.KÜHN) HIRATS.F.) D Borken 2.8.2023

Fig. 20:  Vaccinium vitis-idaea / Cowberry, Lingonberry (taken by rust fungus Thekopsora goeppertiana (J.G.KÜHN) HIRATS.F.) D Borken 2.8.2023

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