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Red lingonberry
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Copyright: Tadeusz Sikorski (cysorz)
![Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 30 W: 3 N: 43]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/s-n-s.gif) (348) |
| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-08-31 |
| Categories: Flowers |
| Exposure: f/6.3, 1/125 seconds |
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| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-09-03 3:00 |
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| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Polish] |
Although this summer in Poland is rather dry but in pine forests one can find first red lingonberry.
The Vaccinium vitis-idaea – often called lingonberry or cowberry, also called foxberry, mountain cranberry, lowbush cranberry, and partridgeberry (in Newfoundland and Labrador) – is a small evergreen shrub in the flowering plant family Ericaceae that bears edible fruit. Cowberry shrubs of both varieties are typically 10–40 cm in height and have a compact habit. They prefer some shade (as from a forest canopy) and constantly moist, acidic soil. Nutrient-poor soils are tolerated but not alkaline soils. They are extremely hardy, tolerating −40 °C or lower, but grow poorly where summers are hot. The plant is only semi-woody but keeps its leaves all winter even in the coldest years, unusual for a broadleaf plant, though they are usually protected from severe cold by snow cover. The plant spreads by underground rhizomes. The bell-shaped white flowers are produced in the early summer. The fruit, actually a false berry, is red and acidic, ripening in late summer to autumn (Wikipedia). |
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- jlynx
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 75 W: 8 N: 34]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-s.gif)
(330) - [2007-09-04 2:42]
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Roślinka delikatna i chyba bardzo żywotna wydajaca owoce jak czerwone perły. Łatwo porównać jej rozmiary z sosnowymi igłami... kadr spokojny, kolory bardzo dobre. Podobnie dobra ostrość. Podoba mi się także obszerny i wyczerpujacy opis.
Pozdrawiam,
Jurek
