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Spring; Vidae Falls; Pole Bridge; Wheeler Creek. LASSEN: Long Lake; Dersch 

 Meadows. YOSEMITE: Lyell Fork Tuolumne River; Crescent Lake; Tuolumne Mead- 

 ows; Donohue Pass; Mount Dana. KINGS CANYON: Harrison Pass trail. SEQUOIA, 

 occasional, 7,000 to 11,000 feet: Hockett Meadow; northeast of Pear Lake; Big 

 Arroyo-Kern Divide. GLACIER, common: Belton, near park headquarters: Kintla Lake 

 road. ROCKY mountain, occasional on the west side. 



10. Delicious Blueberry (Vaccinium deliciosum Piper). — Low shrub 

 4 to 12 inches high, the branches practically round; leaves 2/3 to 1^/2 inches 

 long, pale green or whitish, reverse-egg-shaped to elliptic, mostly blunt-pointed, 



the margins finely toothed; flowers 

 pinkish, somewhat globose; berries 

 usually globose, 1/4 to % inch in 

 diameter, bluish-black with a 

 bloom, sweet and juicy. This is 

 the common species in the moun- 

 tain parks and alpine meadows of 

 the Northwest. It is a favorite 

 with local residents for blueberry 

 pies. 



Occurrence. — OLYMPIC, abundant, 

 3,500 to 5,000 feet: Low Divide: An- 

 derson Pass; Marmot Lake; Home 

 Sweet Home camp ; Seven Lakes 

 Basin; Deer Lake. MOUNT RAINIER, 

 abundant, 4,000 to 6,000 feet: Eunice 

 Lake; west of Windy Gap; Seattle 

 Park; Paradise Valley; trail to Re- 

 flection Lake. 



11. Grouse Whortleberry 



{Vaccinium scoparium Leib.), fig. 



120. — Low shrub 4 to 8 inches 

 high; branches bright green, 

 angled, erect, densely clustered 

 and broom-like; leaves small, I/4 

 to 1/2 inch long, oblong to nar- 

 rowly egg-shaped, the margins 

 usually very finely toothed; flow- 

 ers small, white or pinkish, nod- 

 ding on short stems in the leaf- 

 axils; berries small, about i/g inch 

 in diameter, bright red, some- 

 times drying dark reddish-purple, 



rather tart and agreeable. (Syn. V. m'laophyllum Rydb.). 



Occurrence. — MOUNT RAINIER, common, 4,000 to 5,000 feet: Ohanapecosh Hot 

 Springs; Mowich Lake trail to Eunice Lake. CRATER LAKE, common, 5,500 to 6,500 

 feet: northeast of Union Peak; Annie Spring; park headquarters; the Pinnacles; 

 Boundary Spring, glacier, occasional. 3,100 to 6,500 feet: North Fork Flathead 

 River road near Lake McDonald; Mount Brown trail; Cut Bank Valley; above Lake 

 Ellen Wilson. YELLOWSTONE, common: east of Cub Creek camp; east entrance road; 



Fig. 120. Grouse whortleberry 

 {Vaccinium scoparium). 



