Abelmoschus esculentus (L - the University of Maine at Fort Kent

Kermath, Bennett and Pulsipher - Food Plants in the Americs
USES/NOTES: Young shoots are eaten cooked.
NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America
REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Fernald 1950, Fernald et al. 1958,
Gibbons and Tucker 1979, Yanovsky 1936
Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton [syn. V. lamarckii Camp, V.
pennsylvanicum Lam.]
FAMILY: Ericaceae (heath)
ENGLISH: early low blueberry, early sweet blueberry, low-bush
blueberry, low sweet blueberry
USES/NOTES: Small, sweet, highly esteemed fruits are harvested from
cultivated or wild plants.
NATURAL RANGE: Eastern North America from Tennessee to Minnesota and
Maine and adjacent Canada
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Facciola 1990, Fernald et al.
1958, Mabberley 1987, Uphof 1968
Vaccinium arboreum Marshall
FAMILY: Ericaceae (heath)
ENGLISH: blueberry, farkleberry, sparkleberry, tree huckleberry,
winter huckleberry
USES/NOTES: Small, dark, somewhat dry and often bitter fruit of
this small tree is eaten in pies, jellies, and jams. Also
attractive foliage and small, generally white flowers.
NATURAL RANGE: Southeastern North America
REFERENCES: Facciola 1990, Godfrey 1988, Kermath (notes), Nelson
1994, Tull 1978
Vaccinium caesariense Mackenzie [perhaps conspecific with V.
corymbosum L.]
FAMILY: Ericaceae (heath)
ENGLISH: New Jersey blueberry
USES/NOTES: Fruit is edible.
NATURAL RANGE: U.S. east coast
REFERENCES: Crowhurst 1972, Facciola 1990, Fernald 1950
Vaccinium caespitosum Michaux, including V. caespitosum Michaux
var. caespitosum Michaux [syn. V. arbuscula (A. Gray) Merriam]
FAMILY: Ericaceae (heath)
ENGLISH: dwarf bilberry, dwarf blueberry, dwarf huckleberry, dwarf
whortleberry
USES/NOTES: Fruits are eaten out of hand or in jams and leaves are
made into tea.
NATURAL RANGE: North America from Alaska to Newfoundland south in
the east to southern Maine and New Mexico in the West, with a
disjunct population in central Mexico
REFERENCES: Bailey Hortorium 1976, Harrington 1967, Stark 2003,
Uphof 1968
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