Common name: Oval-leaved blueberry
Family: Ericaceae
Information: This species is a dwarf shrub, with edible berries. It grows in moist forest and open habitats areas from mid to subalpine elevations (Pojar & MacKinnon 2014).
Photos:
Top: In the alpine of Manning Park at an approx. elevation of 1950m. N. Hewitt, July 9 2019.
Bottom: Along a trail leading to Elfin Lakes, BC near Mt. Garibaldi. N. Hewitt, Aug 17 2018.
Sources and additional resources:
Klinkenberg, Brian. (Ed.) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Vaccinium%20ovalifolium. Accessed: 2020-06-24.
Pojar, J. & MacKinnon, A. (2014). Plants of Coastal British Columbia: Including Washington, Oregon & Alaska. Vancouver: Lone Pine Publishing.
