Leaves, Flowers, Fruit

All fruits in the Vaccinium genus (blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, deerberries) are edible, though not all are delectable. Though they can be red, purple, blue, and black, the berries are all recognizable by the small, low crown formed at one end.¹ Walking in forests and on mountains, I have confidently plucked and eaten from berry bushes I coul…