page_title: Vaccinium ovalifolium
section_title: Uses
hierarchical_section_title: Vaccinium ovalifolium / Uses
caption_attribution_description: Vaccinium ovalifolium English: Oval-leaf Blueberry, Alaska Blueberry
context_page_description: Vaccinium ovalifolium is a plant in the heath family having three varieties, all of which grow in northerly regions, including the subarctic.
context_section_description: Vaccinium ovalifolium is used in jams and jellies and for making liqueur. Blueberry herbal tea can be made from the leaves, or from the juice of the blueberries themselves.
  Vaccinium ovalifolium has been used in Russia in the making of dyes, including the use of its tannin.
  In the winter, Vaccinium ovalifolium  is an important food source for grazing deer, goats, and elk, and in the summer the nectar feeds hummingbirds.
caption: Older bark is greyish, but twigs are brown, yellow or reddish.
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