| Flower: | Kinnikinnick | | Family: | Heath | | Genus / Species: | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | | Notes: | Also called Bearberry, this common ground cover's fruit is edible but mealy and tasteless. The leaves were smoked by some northwest native tribes. | | Photo: | 
Tahkenitch Dunes Trail - - - June 3, 2007 | | Photo 2: | 
Tahkenitch Creek Trail - - - December 1, 2006 | | Guide: | Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Pojar & MacKinnon / Cascade-Olympic Natural History by Mathews / Plants of the Lewis & Clark Expedition by Phillips |
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