American Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Eaten by Native peoples for centuries. The Pilgrims wrote it down and took credit.
Vaccinium macrocarpon grows in acidic bogs from Newfoundland to North Carolina. The Wampanoag called it ibimi and ate it for centuries before the colonial encounter, also using it as medicine and dye. The Thanksgiving association is a 19th-century retrofit.
