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Vaccinium reticulatum
Medium sized shrub with drooping, bell-shaped red flowers. Thrives in bare lava rock; they can tolerate up to 10 inches of ash fall. The shrub produces edible berries similar in taste to cranberries. Notably, the oheloberry is a prominent food source for the endangered goose, the nēnē.
Volcanic lava field in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (altitude greatly exceeds 3300 ft).
As I suspected, these berries are endemic to Hawaii.
Spotted on Jan 3, 2013
Submitted on May 16, 2013
7 Comments
You bet! I forecast that the "next time" isn't too far in the future.
Next time!
Regrettably not, Dan. At the time, I didn't know anything about this plant. I wish someone could have tipped me off earlier!
Did you try any of these?
(Mahalo!)
Keomailani, thank you very much!
Ohelo