GROUSE WHORTLEBERRY 



Vaccinium scoparium Lei berg 



FRUIT OF PLATE 1 69 



Grouse whortleberries mature rapidly, and by the middle of August 

 the plants are well fruited with pleasantly flavored bright red berries. 

 These are much enjoyed by grouse, which are usually found where 

 the berries are plentiful. 



Grouse whortleberry occurs in the higher mountains from New 

 Mexico to California, and northward to Alberta and British Columbia. 



The specimen sketched was collected in the valley of the Red Deer 

 River twenty miles by trail from Lake Louise, Alberta, at an altitude 

 of 6,000 feet. 



PLATE I70 



