Salal
Gaultheria shallon

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Physical Description
Leafy all year round, shrub, ground cover, flowers in May and June,
seeds in September- October, oval red to white buds,
open end hangs down to the ground, stems red to brown,
fuzzy texture around stem near flower, 2 to 10 feet tall.

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Habitat
Moist air, damp soil, sun and shade, cool temperature, ground cover, forests,
under trees for shade,commonly under Douglas Firs, woods.

Kingdom: Animal (type in italics)
Phylum/Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaaeae
Genus: Gaultheria
Species: Gaultheria shallon


Additional Information
Recipe for Salal Jam:
12 cups of Salal berries, ¾ teaspoons of lemon juice, and 3 teaspoons of sugar. Put berries in sauce pan over medium high and cook until soft. Strain the berries to all of the juice. Put the berry juice back in the pan over medium heat and add lemon juice, sugar, and let it dissolve. Then can it filled with hot jam and put the lids on tight. Make sure all of the chunks are out of your juice. If you are not going to can and seal them then put it in the fridge.


References
www.paghat.com/salal
http://www.wnps.org/plants
www.pfat.org/database/plants