Ericaceae Vaccinium caespitosum Michx.
Dwarf Blueberry
Okanagan-Colville - Food, Forage
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 102
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Vaccinium caespitosum Michx.
Scientific name: Vaccinium caespitosum Michx.
USDA symbol: VACAC3 (
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Common names: Dwarf Blueberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Forage
Notes: Berries eaten by domestic sheep.
RECRD: 12651 id: 41992