Vaccinium macrocarpon -Aiton.-
cranberry


Entry Type: Species

Species Name: Vaccinium macrocarpon -Aiton.-

Common Name: cranberry

Myaamia Name: neehpikicia

Description:

Harvest Seasons: Undetermined

Harvest Comments:

Habitats: Undetermined

Uses: Food

Locations: Undetermined

Sources

Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

 "napikitca, cranberry"

Comments: N/A

Rafert, S. 1989

Reference Type: Use - Food

Archival Data:

Fruits were eaten: "Grandpa [Abraham Marks] canned cranberries.

Comments: N/A

Rafert, S. 1989

Reference Type: Habitat

Archival Data:

"This area, northern part of the country [i.e. northern Wabash County, which still has several lakes and marshy areas] had wild cranberries, and huckleberries. But this area didn't have 'em. They had to be around a swampy area, around these buckbrush swamp wetlands. . . That's a spot in the woods where the bracken grows, and the edge of where the bracken grows is where you'll find the cranberries, in the marshy area".

Comments: N/A

Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991

Reference Type: Habitat

Archival Data:

Occurs in swamps and bogs in eastern Myaamia lands.

Comments: N/A

No sources entered.

Gonella, M.P 2003-2006

Reference Type: Related Info

Archival Data:

The Myaamia word given here probably refers to either cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) or small cranberry (V. oxycoccus)--both these two listed in Coulter 1899. Both these species plus mountain cranberry (V. vitis-idaea) are listed in Gleason and Cronquist 1991. Cranberry (V. macrocarpon) is the one most commonly listed and was chosen as the probable representative of neehpikica.

Comments: N/A

Legends

  • L.: L. stands for Carl Linneaus, a Swedish botanist and zoologist living from 1707 - 1778, who formed the binomial nomenclature system for scientific naming of species (the two part name). His initial after a scientific name indicates he was the authority for that species name.
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  • Use - Unknown: A record for this plant exists but does not include explicit information about the plant's cultural use. It is probable the Myaamia used the plant.
  • Botanical Sources: Sources of any botanical data for this plant species that is not related to its cultural use or significance.
  • Related Sources: Data indirectly related to Myaamia ethnobotany, including non-Myaamia uses of the plant in contemporary and historic times.
  • Myaamia Archival Sources: All records of plant use obtained directly from a Myaamia tribal member in an interview, recorded by a second party or by self-recording.
  • Undetermined (Plant Use): There exists use or other information about a certain, unknown plant species, but the specific species has not yet been determined.
  • Medicinal: For the purposes of this database, medicinal uses of plants and medicinal knowledge are defined as: Commonly held communal knowledge regarding the use of plant-based substances that aid in maintaining a healthy mind, body or spirit, including tonics and teas.
  • Technology: For the purposes of this database, technological uses of plants are defined as: Plants used in the making of food processing, canoes, rafts, dyes, tools, utensils, weapons, hunting and fishing gear (i.e. net, weir, etc.), cordage, string, rope, fodder plant species, firewood, any plants used in trade, etc.
  • Material: For the purposes of this database, material uses of plants are defined as: Plants used in construction of dwellings (floor mats, roofing, side walls), furniture, baskets, storage items, musical instruments, games, crafts, jewelry, cordage used in crafts, etc.
  • Food: For the purposes of this database, food uses of plants are defined as: Plants used as consumed food, spices and seasonings, but not teas or tonics.
  • Customs: For the purposes of this database, customary uses of plants are defined as: Plants involved in a customary ceremony, ritual or traditional event, including ritual smoking, chewing tobacco, war rituals, special mats used to sit on during ceremonies. Customary uses of plants, in this database, does not including plants used for recreation (material), structures where ceremonies take place (material) or medicinal smoking (medicinal).
  • Eastern Myaamia Lands: Eastern Myaamia lands (eastern myaamionki) are centered around northern Indiana, and including western Ohio, eastern Illinois, southern Michigan, and the northernmost portions of Kentucky.
  • Western Myaamia Lands: Western Myaamia lands (western myaamionki) include western Kansas and northeastern Oklahoma.