PLC’s focus is on the ethnobotanicals that served the Indigenous Peoples of the West. As an example, Salal was one of the food sources that illustrates how Native Americans enjoyed lunch, free for 10,000 years. (Ethnobotany is the study of humans’ interaction with native flora, typically the use of a plant for shelter, clothing, medicine and/or food.) Native plants’ leaves, roots, and fruit allowed Northwest Indigenous Peoples the carbohydrates, vitamins, roughage, and calories needed to survive lean years, supplement their diet, and grow their populations. While most native NW plants make humans sick (and some can kill via root, stalk, leaf, or fruit), the latter, Salal’s berries are edible. The Oregon Grape lesson topic describes the mixing of these two species’ juices by Pioneers to make a highly prized jelly. The URLs below give several recipes. Salal, also called Shallon, is most likely found in areas that appear as understory or forest. It typically is a small ground cover with many soft, sweet blueberries each Autumn. Leaves are thick and green. A shrub and a member of the Ericaceae Family, it grows by the Gardens Kiosk 03 as a designed planting, as well as other kiosks on its own volition.
https://bcfoodhistory.ca/salal-jelly/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaultheria_shallon
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Gaultheria+shallon
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-02.pdf
https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20030709&slug=salal09
https://www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/in-praise-of-the-unsung-hero-the-salal-berry/