Vaccinium ovatum
Habit | shrub
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Height: | ⇕ | 3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3. to 5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5. |
Width: | ⇔ | 3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3. to 5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Origin: | ✈ | Pacific NW into British Columbia |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun, part-sun, shade |
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Water: | ◍ | moist |
Features: | ✓ | evergreen, edible, fruit |
USDA Zones: | 7 to 10.5 |
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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 acidic soils. Not needing much sun, the plant has a wide variety of forest homes; it is often seen sprouting out of old Coast Redwood stumps or dense brambles of other forest growths. The shiny, alternately arranged leaves are 2 to 3 centimeters long and about a centimeter wide with finely serrated edges.[1] 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 Native American tribes along the Pacific coast in the region.[2]
ExpandRead about Vaccinium ovatum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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