Ericaceae Vaccinium oxycoccos L.
Small Cranberry
Menominee - Food, Fruit
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 65
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Vaccinium oxycoccos L.
Scientific name: Vaccinium oxycoccos L.
USDA symbol: VAOX (
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Common names: Small Cranberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Berries sweetened with maple sugar and eaten.
RECRD: 1107 id: 42285