Ericaceae Vaccinium parvifolium Sm.
Red Huckleberry
Haisla and Hanaksiala - 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 248
View all documented uses for
Vaccinium parvifolium Sm.
Scientific name: Vaccinium parvifolium Sm.
USDA symbol: VAPA (
View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Red Huckleberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Haisla and Hanaksiala
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Special Food
Notes: Fruit eaten, sometimes at feasts.
RECRD: 61331 id: 42311