Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Huckleberries can be eaten fresh or dried or prepared as a tea or jelly. [1] [9] Indigenous peoples of North America—including the Bear River Band, Karok, and Pomo tribes [10] —found the plant and its fruit very useful. [1] The bright red, acidic berries were used extensively for food throughout the year.
Vaccinium ovatum is a North American species of huckleberry in the heather family commonly known as the evergreen huckleberry, winter huckleberry, cynamoka berry and California huckleberry. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has a large distribution on the Pacific Coast of North America ranging from southern British Columbia to southern California.
Vaccinium / v æ k ˈ s ɪ n i ə m / [3] is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family (Ericaceae). The fruits of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry (whortleberry), lingonberry (cowberry), and huckleberry.
The phrase "a huckleberry over my persimmon" was used to mean "a bit beyond my abilities". On the other hand, "I'm your huckleberry" is a way of expressing affection or that one is just the right person for a given role. [9] The range of slang meanings of huckleberry in the 19th century was broad, also referring to significant or nice persons.
Dried red laver (Porphyra abbottiae Krishnamurthy) is a type of edible seaweed. Laver is usually gathered in great amounts in Spring. Laver is usually gathered in great amounts in Spring. They were used traditionally by virtually all the coastal groups, with the possible exception of some Nuu-chah-nulth , or Westcoast peoples, and some Salishan ...
Gaylussacia brachycera, commonly known as box huckleberry or box-leaved whortleberry, is a low North American shrub related to the blueberry and the other huckleberries. It is native to the east-central United States ( Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , Virginia , West Virginia , North Carolina , Kentucky , and Tennessee ).
Vaccinium corymbosum is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.8–3.7 metres (6–12 ft) tall and wide. It is often found in dense thickets. The dark glossy green leaves are elliptical and up to 5 centimetres (2 in) long.
Vaccinium scoparium is a squat, bushy rhizomatous shrub growing no more than 0.5 meters (20 in) in height. It is matted and clumpy, and it spreads outward with the stems rooting at nodes where it comes in contact with moist substrate.