Ericaceae Vaccinium caespitosum var. caespitosum

Tall Bilberry

Oweekeno - Food, Special Food

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 99

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Scientific name: Vaccinium caespitosum var. caespitosum
USDA symbol: VACAC3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Tall Bilberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Oweekeno
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Special Food
Notes: Berries picked for feasts.

RECRD: 60917 id: 42006

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