Berry Identification

[KegRiver]

Originally Posted by fishnguy

Thanks, Keg. That’s what I also found from searching the web. Most of the photos on the web show them growing on high bush though, while these were all pretty close to the ground, almost cranberry/lingonberry like height. Haven’t seen any muskeg around either.

I don't see any indication that it's muskeg but it is certainly moist ground.

That's a Arrow-leaved coltsfoot plant at the top left of the first photo.
They grow on wet ground. The ground can be dry part of the year but I never see them on ground that is dry most of the year.
By dry I mean like one's yard.

I also see Bunchberry and Sphagnum moss, plants most often found in damp forest environments, and Muskegs.

Since I have never seen Red Huckleberries I have no idea how tall or short they may be.

Whatever they are, it's an interesting find.

[calgarychef]

Originally Posted by KegRiver

Without seeing the berry myself I can only guess based on my experience with berry picking. I harvest Mountain Cranberries when I can and have seen many thousand kinnikinnick.

OPs berries look to me like Mountain Cranberries.

kinnikinnick are more orange in color, have no flower end and only one large seed inside. The end of the kinnikinnick has a dimple with a hair in the middle rather then a flower end.



Mountain Cranberries usually have some white on the underside and are a deep red rather then orangish red. They have many small seeds and a flower end.



Both grow on plants that look almost identical. And very often in the same habitat.

I love these little cranberries…