Ericaceae Vaccinium parvifolium Sm.
Red Huckleberry
Tolowa - Fiber, Brushes & Brooms
Use documented by:
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 61
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Vaccinium parvifolium Sm.
Scientific name: Vaccinium parvifolium Sm.
USDA symbol: VAPA (
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Common names: Red Huckleberry
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Tolowa
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Brushes & Brooms
Notes: Branches used as a broom.
RECRD: 6035 id: 42358