Kinnikinnick, also called Bearberry, is found as understory groundcover, but also will grow in dry and open meadows. A shrub and a member of the Ericaceae Family, it grows by Kiosk 15.  Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project extinction possibility is slight; unlikely to be extinct soon as it is found in other areas of North America … and it is often found in urban settings today as it will grow and spread in gardens and borders of sidewalks and streets. Its berries have been used for food for 1,000s of years and seems to have, in addition to Vitamin C, some preservative qualities when added to dried and smoked meats, creating the Indigenous food know as pemmican.

http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Arctostaphylos+uva-ursi
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Arctostaphylos%20uva-ursi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctostaphylos_uva-ursi
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ARUV
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Arctostaphylos&Species=uva-ursi&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-15.pdf

A Native American foodstuff of dried meat and Bearberry was called:

jerky
pemmican
the above are the same thing

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