Plant Description:

• A very widespread tall bush; usually occurs in ravines and open woodlands
• Leaves are small and round
• Loose clusters of a few white flowers
• Purple, fleshy berries
• Berries used for pies, jams and syrups; dried berries used for pemmican
• Wood used for making arrows, canes, digging sticks and spears
• Found at Stop 1 - on the Interpretive Nature and Hiking Trails, and at Stops 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 11

 

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-Sourced from Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces, 1979 and
Plants of the Western Boreal Forest & Aspen Parkland, 1995.
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