What salmon is to British Columbia, salal is to First Nations communities.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
There also are salal bushes, Pacific wax myrtle and California huckleberry.
From the sfgate.com
It consists of old-growth Pacific madronas, Douglas fir, evergreen huckleberries and salal.
From the thenewstribune.com
The salal berries I found last month while huckleberry-picking were just the most recent example.
From the theatlantic.com
A salal bush grows from an old totem pole at the Skedans village site in Gwaii Haanas National Park.
From the washingtontimes.com
Skunk cabbage, hemlock, salal, ferns, bunchberry, huckleberry and trillium carpet the forest floor.
From the thenewstribune.com
She even got a job with a company picking salal.
From the thenewstribune.com
If your lawn struggles under the shade of giant cedar or fir trees, plant native salal, sword ferns or ajuga groundcovers.
From the thenewstribune.com
The salal pie wasn't too shabby, either.
From the theatlantic.com
More examples
Small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries
Gaultheria shallon is a leathery-leaved shrub in the heather family (Ericaceae), native to western North America. In English it is known as salal, shallon, or in Britain simply Gaultheria.