Ericaceae Vaccinium oxycoccos L.

Small Cranberry

Nitinaht - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 109

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Scientific name: Vaccinium oxycoccos L.
USDA symbol: VAOX (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Small Cranberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Nitinaht
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Berries formerly eaten in fall.

RECRD: 47314 id: 42287

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