Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
No.. those berries are more oval and the rushes are like bushes.... The ones I mean grow in the forest and the plants get no higher than a few decimeters.

Like this: If you look closely you can see that there are blueberry (or is it bilberry...) plants everywhere on the ground.

it is "черника" plants on the picture. At least from personal experience I would say so


Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
Костяника looked like redcurrants (in latin, Ribes rubrum) to me. Otherwise I don't know what it is! We had red currants in our garden when I was a kid. Very boring to pick them...
no, it is not currant, completely different berry. And it only grows in the wild - in latin Rúbus saxátilis. In Finnish I guess it is called "Lillukka" or "Stenbär" in Swedish

Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
There must be endless quantities of these berries growing in Russia!! Perhaps a good business opportunity for poor people. I assume they can pick wherever they like?
Pretty much

BTW this is how NA blueberry plant looks
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...mn_foliage.JPG