Vaccinium ovalifolium (known as Early Blueberry or Oval-leaf Blueberry) is a plant found in coastal forests throughout southern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. It is a spreading shrub which may grow to tall. It has pink urn-shaped flowers. It is used by residents in jams and jellies and for making liqueur. The leaves are used for tea. In the winter, the shrub is an important food source for grazing deer, goats, and elk, and in the summer the nectar feeds hummingbirds.

References

• Ewing, Susan (1996). The Great Alaska Nature Factbook. Portland: Alaska Northwest Books.