Ericaceae Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.
Lowbush Blueberry
Menominee - Food, Winter Use Food
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 66
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Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.
Scientific name: Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.
USDA symbol: VAAN (
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Common names: Lowbush Blueberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Winter Use Food
Notes: Sun dried berries and dried sweet corn sweetened with maple sugar and stored for winter use.
RECRD: 1108 id: 41970