Habitat:

Bogs, swamps, and pond margins

Location relative to water:

Rooted onshore

Range:

From Ontario and Quebec to Tennessee and North Carolina

Fruit:

• Red berry
• 1.0-1.5 cm wide (0.4-0.6 inches)
• Ripens August-Sept

Flowers:

• Pink or white
• 1.0 cm wide (0.4 inches)
• 4 lobes with black tips
• Single or in clusters of 2-6

Leaves:

• Oblong, oval
• 0.5-1.5 cm long (0.2-0.6 inches) and 0.2-0.5 cm wide (0.1-0.2 inches)
• Rounded or blunt tip
• Pale underside
• Margins flat or slightly rolled under
• Petioles short to absent