Ericaceae Vaccinium caespitosum var. caespitosum
Tall Bilberry
Kitasoo - Food, Bread & Cake
Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 335
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Vaccinium caespitosum var. caespitosum
Scientific name: Vaccinium caespitosum var. caespitosum
USDA symbol: VACAC3 (
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Common names: Tall Bilberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Kitasoo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Berries dried into cakes and eaten.
RECRD: 61563 id: 42003