teaberries
Small red wintergreens
Teaberries are the small, bright red fruits of the wintergreen plant, native to eastern North America.
The berries have a distinctive minty flavor and were traditionally used to make tea, giving them their name.
The term sometimes extends to the wintergreen plant itself.
We gathered teaberries along the forest trail.
Gathering uncultivated natural materials
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- harvestGathering mature crops
- edibleSafe to consume
- woodsForested area
trail · basket · identification · seasonal · autumn · woodland · native · nibble
Having cool herbal flavor
- aromaticPleasantly strong-smelling
- sweetTasting of sugar
- refreshingPleasingly restorative
- coolCalm or fashionable
herbal · medicinal · candy · flavoring · extract · infusion · tonic · cordial
Low plants blanketing soil
- evergreenRetains foliage year-round
- shrubSmall woody plant
- heathOpen land with shrubs
- perennialRecurring each year
leaves · understory · shade-tolerant · native · creeping · low-growing · rhizomes · waxy
Tree-dense ecosystem
- woodlandForested land area
- understoryForest's lower vegetation tier
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
- nativeOriginating from a place
northeastern · Appalachian · shaded · acidic · humus · pine · oak · deciduous
wildcrafting
Gathering uncultivated natural materials
woods · trail · basket · identification · seasonal · autumn · woodland · native · nibble · snack
minty
Having cool herbal flavor
- aromaticPleasantly strong-smelling
- sweetTasting of sugar
- refreshingPleasingly restorative
cool · herbal · medicinal · candy · flavoring · extract · infusion · tonic · cordial · syrup
groundcover
Low plants blanketing soil
perennial · leaves · understory · shade-tolerant · native · creeping · low-growing · rhizomes · waxy · leathery
red
Primary color, warm
small · bright · ripe · clustered · fleshy · seed · sweet · tart · plump · scarlet
forest
Tree-dense ecosystem
- woodlandForested land area
- understoryForest's lower vegetation tier
- ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
native · northeastern · Appalachian · shaded · acidic · humus · pine · oak · deciduous · coniferous