Lingonberries are an edible berry. Nutritionally, they provide seven carbohydrates and one fat, as well as a low water content (twenty).

Lingonberry shrubs first begin growing in June, maturing in ninety-five days with berries withering in November. Lingonberries can be found in heathland and pine forests and may appear on suitable maps seventy percent of the time. They can occur in as many as ten groups of up to four plants, with a maximum of one hundred plants per local map.