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| name = ''Vaccinium ovatum''
|familia=Ericaceae
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
|genus=Vaccinium
| growth_habit = <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=ovatum
| high = <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|taxo_author=Pursh
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|common_name=Box blueberry, Evergreen huckleberry, California huckleberry
| origin = <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|name_ref=Wikipedia
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
|habit=shrub
| lifespan = perennial
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| exposure = <!--- sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|Min ht box=3
| water = <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|Min ht metric=ft
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, invasive -->
|Max ht box=5
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5[[Celsius|°C]], etc -->
|Max ht metric=ft
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| usda_zones = <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|Min wd box=3
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
|Min wd metric=ft
| color = IndianRed
|Max wd box=5
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
|Max wd metric=ft
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
|origin=Pacific NW into British Columbia
| regnum = Plantae
|origin_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
|lifespan=perennial
| unranked_classis = eudicots
|exposure=sun, part-sun, shade
| ordo = Ericales
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| familia = Ericaceae
|water=moist
| subfamilia = Vaccinioideae
|features=evergreen, edible, fruit
| tribus = Vaccinieae
|Temp Metric=°F
| genus = Vaccinium
|min_zone=7
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| subspecies =
|max_zone=10.5
|image=Vaccinium ovatum 2.jpg
|image_width=240
}}
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'''''Vaccinium ovatum''''' is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names '''evergreen huckleberry''' and '''California huckleberry'''.
It is a small to medium sized evergreen shrub native to the [[Pacific Northwest]] of the United States and into [[British Columbia]].
It is a true [[huckleberry]] plant, growing well in shade or sun and thriving in [[Soil pH|acidic soil]]s. Not needing much sun, the plant has a wide variety of forest homes; it is often seen sprouting out of old [[Sequoia|Coast Redwood]] stumps or dense [[bramble]]s of other forest growths. The shiny, alternately arranged leaves are 2 to 3 centimeters long and about a centimeter wide with finely serrated edges.<ref>''Jepson Manual''. 1993</ref> During the summer the plant produces round, edible black berries up to a centimeter in diameter. Traditionally these berries were sought after and collected by many [[Indian tribe|Native American tribe]]s along the [[Pacific coast]] in the region.<ref>Stephen Foster and Christopher Hobbs. 2002</ref>
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Vaccinium ovatum, Pursh. An erect, rigid, evergreen shrub, 2-8 ft. high, with pubescent branchlets: lvs. 1/2 - 1 in. long, thick and firm, very numerous, shining, ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute, minutely and acutely serrulate, glabrous or nearly so, bright green both sides: fls. in short and close axillary clusters; deciduous bracts usually red; corolla campanulate, 1/4 in. long, rose-color or nearly white; calyx-lobes acute, red: berries black, acid, with or without bloom. Moist woods, Vancouver to Monterey, Calif.—"A distinctly western species, and one of California's most beautiful hedge-plants, but not well known. It is very tenacious of life and bears pruning well. It is prop. from suckers, cuttings, and seeds, which last it bears freely."
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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Vaccinium|genus page]].''
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Vaccinium|genus page]].''
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===Pests and diseases===
===Pests and diseases===
None known
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