Ericaceae FAMILY

Gaultheria ovatifolia

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gaultheria ovatifolia is an evergreen shrub with decumbent stems; growing 15 - 30cm tall from a rhizomatous rootstock, it forms a spreading clump[ 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, where it can be used as a ground cover.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern N. America - British Columbia, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and California.

HabitatRelatively dry, mixed hardwood and coniferous forests, damp streamsides and moist soils, rocky slopes; at elevations from 300 - 1,600 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. ].Various habitats from fairly dry yellow pine forests to sub-alpine bogs[ 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. ].