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Although often called "highbush cranberry", it is not a cranberry. The name comes from the red fruits which look superficially like cranberries, and have a similar flavor and ripen at the same time of year. After removing the large seeds, [3] the fruits, sour and rich in vitamin C, can be eaten raw or cooked into a sauce to serve with meat or game.
The purple finch was designated the state bird of New Hampshire in 1957. [13] The New Hampshire red hen (breed of domestic chicken) was also proposed, but was not chosen in favor of the purple finch. [14] In 1763, Richard Brookes made the description of the female purple finch in Mexico with the name of "chiantototl" (chia seed bird). [15]
The American cranberry bush's white flowers give way to red berries that are a good food source for wildlife - and make excellent jams and jellies. Native Plant: American cranberry bush bears ...
Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well.
“Pure cranberry juice offers a more concentrated taste and health profile, cranberry juice cocktail is often paired well for mixing occasions, and 100% cranberry juice blend can be used for ...
Highbush cranberry is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Viburnum trilobum, American highbush cranberry; Viburnum opulus, European highbush cranberry;
Lowbush cranberry is a common name for several flowering plants and may refer to: Vaccinium oxycoccos, cranberry, a species of flowering plant, widespread throughout the cool temperate northern hemisphere; Vaccinium vitis-idaea, lingonberry, a small evergreen shrub native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern Hemisphere
The family Fringillidae are the "true" finches. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 239 species in the family, distributed among three subfamilies and 50 genera. Confusingly, only 79 of the species include "finch" in their common names, and several other families include species called finches.