Grouseberry, Whortleberry, Grouse Whortleberry
Vaccinium scoparium
![Grouseberry, Whortleberry, Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium](../../../../cascade/mtadams/5/heath/vacc/scoparium/scoparium2a.jpg)
Grouseberry with its nearly ripe berries as seen along the Round the Mt. Trail #9 on the south side of Mt. Adams........September 5, 2008.
![Grouseberry: Vaccinium scoparium](../../../../cascade/mtadams/5/heath/vacc/scoparium/scoparium3a.jpg)
Grouseberry flowers as seen along the Round the Mt. Trail #9 to the west of Bird Creek Meadows, Mt. Adams........July 19, 2009.
![Berry and leaves of Grouseberry, Whortleberry, Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium](../../../../cascade/mtadams/5/heath/vacc/scoparium/vacciniumscopfrts.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up of the red
berry of grouseberry as seen along the Killen Creek Trail #113 on the northern
slopes of Mt. Adams...........August 7, 2005.
![Grouseberry, Whortleberry, Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium](../../../../cascade/mtadams/5/heath/vacc/scoparium/scoparium.jpg)
![Grouseberry, Whortleberry, Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium](../../../../cascade/mtadams/5/heath/vacc/scoparium/scoparium4a.jpg)
A mass of pink bell flowers between the dense
upright stems help identify grousebery when in bloom. Photographed in the picnic
grounds at Bird Creek Meadows........July 16, 2006.
![Grouseberry, Whortleberry, Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium](../../../../cascade/mtadams/5/heath/vacc/scoparium/scoparium4b.jpg)
An out of focus photo of the diminutive bell-shaped
flower of grouseberry from the picnic area at Bird Creek Meadows.......July
16, 2006.
![Grouseberry, Whortleberry, Grouse Whortleberry: Vaccinium scoparium](../../../../cascade/mtadams/5/heath/vacc/scoparium/scoparium2b.jpg)
An additional photo of the berries of grouseberry as seen along the Round the Mt. Trail #9 on the south side of Mt. Adams........September 5, 2008.
Paul Slichter