The Seminole used this plant for food and for a variety of ceremonial and medicinal purposes, including the treatment of "hog sickness", or unconsciousness.
Vaccinium | Vaccinium uliginosum | Vaccinium corymbosum | Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Vaccinium myrsinites | Vaccinium angustifolium | Vaccinium deliciosum |
This plant occurs in slash pine woods on wet, sandy substrates among other plant species, including saw palmetto, fetterbush (Lyonia lucida), shiny blueberry (Vaccinium myrsinites), dwarf live oak (Quercus minima), and wiregrass (Aristida stricta).
In addition to saw palmetto, the shrubs Appalachian tea (Ilex glabra), coastal plain staggerbush (Lyonia fruticosa), dwarf live oak (Quercus minima), shiny blueberry (Vaccinium myrsinites), and rosy camphorweed (Pluchea rosea) can be found in the flatwoods.