Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Vaccinium scoparium Leiberg

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Vaccinium myrtillus microphyllum Hook., Vaccinium myrtillus microphyllus Hook.

Common names:

Bilberry (1899, SD) (131)

Grouse whortleberry (1942-Present) (50, 155)

Grouseberry [Grouse berry] (1932-1986) (1, 3, 4, 85)

Small-leaf whortleberry [Small-leaved whortleberry] (1895, SD) (130)

Whortleberry (1806-1899, Meriwether Lewis -Whortleburry) (35, 131)