Northern bilberries are an edible berry. Nutritionally, they provide three carbohydrates and one protein, as well as a high water content (eighty).

Northern bilberry shrubs first begin growing in May, maturing in ninety-five days with berries withering in September. Northern bilberries can be found in heathland, pine forests, and pine mires and may appear on suitable maps fifty percent of the time. They can occur in as many as thirty groups of up to two plants, with a maximum of thirty plants per local map.