Ericaceae FAMILY

Vaccinium deliciosum

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vaccinium deliciosum is a low-growing, deciduous shrub usually less than 40cm tall. It has a spreading, rhizomatous rootstock the plant usually forming small clumps to extensive open colonies[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. , 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. The plant produces one of the tastiest of the blueberry fruits and is commonly harvested from the wild for this fruit, which is mainly eaten locally but is also sometimes traded. The plant is also used medicinally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern N. America - British Colombia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California

HabitatMontane regions[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ]. Alpine meadows, subalpine coniferous woods, talus slopes; at elevations from 600 - 2,000 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].