- berry has a sweet taste when mature.
- berry can be dried for storage.
- berries can be boiled in water and spread to dry as a cake.
- juice from boiled berries can be cooled to make a jelly.
- an edible look-alike is Black huckleberry.
- varieties in the Pacific Northwest are Velvetleaf blueberry (Vaccinium myrtilloides), Dwarf blueberry (Vaccinium caespitosum), Bog blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum), Oval-leaf blueberry (Vaccinium ovalifolium) and Alaska blueberry (Vaccinium alaskaense).
- grows in both wooded and open moist areas.
