Alternate name: Highbush Cranberry, American Cranberry-bush

Family: Caprifoliaceae, Honeysuckle view all from this family

Description A medium to large shrub with dense upright or arching branches that create a round outline. Large, showy white outer flowers ring each cluster; bunches of red berries follow. The bark is smooth and gray.
Leaves: 3" (7.5 cm), opposite, with 3 wide, serrated, pointed lobes; turn reddish.
Flowers: white, in 3" (7.5 cm) clusters; inner flowers tiny, outer ones 3/4" (2 cm) wide.
Fruit: 1/2" (12 mm), bright red, translucent, juicy berries; ripe late summer, last to early winter.
Height: 6-16' (1.8-4.8 m).

Habitat Cool woods; thickets; rocky shores; slopes; streamsides; wooded hillsides.

Range Newfoundland to British Columbia, south to New Jersey, n. Indiana, n. Illinois, Black Hills of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Washington.

Discussion Highbush Cranberry is an attractive native plant for the garden. The pretty, white, flat-topped clusters of flowers are followed by persistent red berries suitable for jam. The maple-like, deciduous foliage is colorful in fall.