Plant
Salal
Gaultheria shallon
Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Names
Shallon
Habitat
Fort Clatsop
Conservation
Secure
First Observed
1806-01-20
Observed At
Fort Clatsop, near present-day Astoria, Oregon
Eaten fresh or baked into cakes by Chinookian people on coast. Berries supplemented Corps diet of elk at Fort Clatsop.
Journal References
3 journal entries mention Salal
Feb
8
1806
Lewis: February 8, 1806
... natives as
there mentioned except that it is not like the shallon, baked in large
loaves, but is simply dryed in the sun for winter uce, when they either
eat them ...
Apr
2
1806
Lewis: April 2, 1806
...nd sweet willow that of the bottom lands. the huckleburry,
shallon, and the several evergreen shrubs of that speceis which bear
burries have seased to appear except ...
Apr
5
1806
Clark: April 5, 1806
...nd Sweet
Willow that of the bottom lands. The Huckleberry, shallon, and the Several
evergreen Shrubs, of that Speces that bears berries have Seased to appear,
excep...
