huckleberry

Plant · mentioned in 6 journal entries

Planning Westward Fort Clatsop Return Post-expedition NPS L&C NHT trail data © National Park Service
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
2 mentions via 1 variant: huckleberry (2)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Blue huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum) Evergreen huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum)
Clark: January 26, 1806
William Clark · Jan 26, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"comparison to the purple berry's form"
Lewis: February 7, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 7, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"species in piny lands, 6-8 feet tall"
Lewis: February 11, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 11, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"compared to small purple berry"
Clark: March 2, 1806
William Clark · Mar 2, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"small huckleberry bush buds eaten" — transcribed as Huckleberry
Clark: April 5, 1806
William Clark · Apr 5, 1806 · Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream
"ceased to appear here" — transcribed as Huckleberry
Clark: June 16, 1806
William Clark · Jun 16, 1806 · Bitterroot crossing attempt, turned back by snow
"beginning to put forth leaves"

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