Barberry and Lingonberry delicious and useful properties

Barberry and Lingonberry delicious and useful properties

Barberry

Barberry belongs to the genus of shrubs, less often trees, the Barberry family. These are deciduous, semi-evergreen (foliage partially falls off), evergreen shrubs or small trees, with ribbed upright shoots that branch at an acute angle. The bark is brownish-gray or brownish-gray. It also has another name - caramel wood.

Lingonberry

Lingonberry is a perennial, low, evergreen, branching subshrub, reaching a height of 10 to 20 cm. The leaves are small, petiolate, leathery, shiny. Flowers are pink-white bells, 5mm long, gathered at the top of the branches in rare brushes. Blooms in May - early June. Lingonberries are small in size, bright red berries with a characteristic sweet and sour taste. Ripens in August-September. Lingonberry is a wild forest berry. Found in the tundra, as well as in forest areas, in the temperate climatic zone.