
Alaska blueberry
Vaccinium alaskaense · BerriesResearch incomplete
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Dry to moist montane and subalpine forest and openings. Widely recorded in B.C.; local habitat and elevation matter more than the broad provincial label.
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Lowland and montane bogs across B.C.; associated with wet, nutrient-poor peatland.
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Moderately moist to dry slopes and open woodland, particularly southwestern B.C.
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Forests, bogs, meadows, rocky ridges and tundra from low elevations to alpine areas across B.C.
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Open, dry to moist lowland and montane forest. Frequent in southwestern B.C.; the botanical account also records rare occurrence near Prince Rupert.
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Lowland fencerows, ditches, disturbed edges and moist sites, especially in southwestern B.C. A visible roadside patch is not necessarily a suitable food-collecting site.
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Forest edges, thickets, streambanks, river terraces and shore margins. Widely recorded in much of southern and central B.C.
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Moderately moist to dry woodland, from lowland to montane elevations, especially southern B.C.
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Moist forests and mountain openings.
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Western B.C. forests, including shrubs rooted on decaying wood and old stumps. Recorded in dry to moist lowland and montane woodland.
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Lowland and montane forests, from dry sites to wetter woodland and bog margins. Common in western B.C.; much less common in the southeast.
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Moist coastal forests, wet thickets, streambanks and swamp margins, from lowland to montane sites.
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Open slopes and forest edges; especially Interior B.C.
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Moist open woodland, clearings, thickets and stream margins. Recorded widely in southern B.C., including montane and subalpine settings.
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Dry to moist open forest, clearings and thickets in the lowland and lower montane zones, especially southwestern B.C.
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Forest edges, openings and disturbed ground.
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Sunny openings and woodland edges.
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Open ground; Upland habitats.
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Open ground; Disturbed ground.
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Disturbed ground.
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Woodland; Open ground; Wet or moist sites; Upland habitats.
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Rocky or dry ground; Disturbed ground.
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Upland habitats; Disturbed ground.
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Upland habitats; Disturbed ground.
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Disturbed ground.
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Open ground; Coastal habitats; Disturbed ground.
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Disturbed ground.
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Disturbed ground.
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Woodland; Wet or moist sites; Upland habitats.
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Wet or moist sites; Upland habitats; Disturbed ground.
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Open ground; Upland habitats; Disturbed ground.
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Wet or moist sites; Upland habitats.
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Open ground; Coastal habitats.
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Open ground; Upland habitats.
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Woodland; Open ground; Disturbed ground.
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Open ground; Disturbed ground.
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Upland habitats; Disturbed ground.
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Coastal bluffs and cool-season open ground.
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Open ground; Wet or moist sites; Upland habitats.
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Open ground; Disturbed ground.
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Open ground; Upland habitats; Disturbed ground.
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Open ground; Disturbed ground.
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Open ground; Upland habitats; Disturbed ground.
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Disturbed ground.
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Wet or moist sites.
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Open ground; Wet or moist sites; Disturbed ground.
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Upland habitats; Disturbed ground.
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Upland habitats; Disturbed ground.
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Open ground; Rocky or dry ground.
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Disturbed ground.
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Open ground; Wet or moist sites; Coastal habitats.
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Open ground; Disturbed ground.
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Disturbed ground.
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Woodland; Wet or moist sites.
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Open ground; Coastal habitats.
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Disturbed ground.
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Woodland; Open ground; Disturbed ground.
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Moist, nutrient-rich ground and stream edges.
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Rocky or dry ground; Upland habitats.
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Open ground; Disturbed ground.
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Open ground; Disturbed ground.
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Wet or moist sites.
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Upland habitats.
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Wet or moist sites.
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Open ground; Upland habitats.
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Wet or moist sites; Upland habitats.
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Disturbed ground.
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Upland habitats.
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Rocky or dry ground.
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Wet or moist sites; Upland habitats.
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Woodland; Rocky or dry ground.
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Open ground; Wet or moist sites; Upland habitats.
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Woodland; Open ground; Rocky or dry ground; Upland habitats.
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Wet or moist sites.
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Wet or moist sites.
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Disturbed ground.
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Wet or moist sites.
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Wet or moist sites.
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Woodland; Open ground.
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Upland habitats.
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Rocky or dry ground; Upland habitats.
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Rocky or dry ground; Disturbed ground.
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Open ground; Wet or moist sites; Upland habitats.
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Wet or moist sites.
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Upland habitats.
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Wet or moist sites.
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Wet or moist sites; Upland habitats.
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Wet or moist sites; Upland habitats.
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Rocky coastal waters.
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B.C. marine coast; identify local species and tidal habitat.
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B.C. marine coast; identify local species and tidal habitat.
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B.C. marine coast; identify local species and tidal habitat.
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Intertidal rocky shores on the coast.
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B.C. marine coast; identify local species and tidal habitat.
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Moist or moderately moist meadows, shrublands, disturbed ground and open woodland at low to montane elevations, especially southern B.C.
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Forests and some previous-year burns; species and sites differ.
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Ground in conifer forests, associated with Douglas-fir, western hemlock and Sitka spruce. An association with those trees is habitat guidance, not a confirmed picking location.
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Forest ground; the museum distinguishes this species from fire-associated morels.
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Seasonally moist meadows and grasslands; common camas has a broader B.C. range, while great camas is concentrated on southeastern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
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