Highbush-cranberry
November 3, 2022
By Adam Huggins
Highbush-cranberry
Viburnum edule
- Hul’qumi’num Name: qwemtsuls
- Description: Deciduous shrub growing between 0.5-3m tall. The flowers are white and form small clusters, producing bright red berries. Leaves have 3 lobes and toothed margins.
- Habitat: Prefer moist areas, along streams and forest edges.
- Harvest: Flowers May-July. Fruit ripens late summer which are present throughout winter.
- Edibility: Raw berries are edible, but are sweeter when dried.
- Fun Fact: One of the few shrubs with berries available throughout winter, making it a very important food source for birds.
