Ericaceae Vaccinium caespitosum var. caespitosum

Tall Bilberry

Hanaksiala - 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 244

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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: Hanaksiala
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Berries dried in the form of cakes and reconstituted during the winter.

RECRD: 61325 id: 42002

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