Red huckleberry
species of plant
Red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium) is a species of Vaccinium, a flowering plant. It grows in North America. There, it is often found in forests from southeastern Alaska and British Columbia, through western Washington and Oregon to central California. In the Oregon Coast Range, it is the most-seen Vaccinium.[1]
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Growth
changeRed huckleberry is a shrub. It grows to 4-metre (13 ft) tall. The fruit grown on the plant is a berry which can be eaten. It can be from 6-millimetre (0.24 in) to 10-millimetre (0.39 in) in diameter.
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Newly opened leaves
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Blossoms
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Leaves and fruit
References
change- ↑ Pojar, Jim; Andy MacKinnon (2004). Plants Of The Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Lone Pine Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-55105-530-5.
Other websites
changeWikimedia Commons has media related to Vaccinium parvifolium.
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Vaccinium parvifolium Archived 2008-09-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Jepson Flora Project: Vaccinium parvifolium
- Native American Ethnobotany: Vaccinium parvifolium
- Plants of British Columbia: Vaccinium parvifolium Archived 2020-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
- USDA: Vaccinium parvifolium