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Vaccinium ovatum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Ericaceae

Scientific name
  
Vaccinium ovatum

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Ericales

Genus
  
Vaccinium

Higher classification
  
Blueberries

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Similar
  
Blueberries, Vaccinium parvifolium, Gaultheria shallon, Polystichum munitum, Vaccinium membranaceum

Evergreen huckleberry vaccinium ovatum


Vaccinium ovatum is a North American species of flowering shrub known by the common names evergreen huckleberry, winter huckleberry and California huckleberry.

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Distribution and ecology

Vaccinium ovatum Vaccinium ovatum Landscape Plants Oregon State University

Vaccinium ovatum is a small to medium-sized evergreen shrub native to the Western Pacific Coast of the United States and coastal British Columbia. Typical flora associates are such plants as the western sword fern (Polystichum munitum), coastal woodfern (Dryopteris arguta), California snowberry (Symphoricarpos mollis), common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus), and thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus). Often found sprouting from nurse logs and growing in conjunction with red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium).

Description

Vaccinium ovatum Vaccinium ovatum Yerba Buena Nursery Specializing in California

Vaccinium ovatum 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, egg-shaped leaves are 2 to 3 centimeters (0.8-1.2 inches) long and about a centimeter wide (0.4 inches) with finely serrated edges. During the summer the plant produces round, edible black berries up to a centimeter (0.4 inches) in diameter.

Culinary

Vaccinium ovatum The Wild Garden Hansen39s Northwest Native Plant Database

Traditionally huckleberries were sought after and collected by many Native American tribes along the Pacific coast in the region.

Cultivation

Vaccinium ovatum is grown as an ornamental plant for horticultural use by specialty wholesale, retail, and botanic garden native plant nurseries. The plant is successful in natural landscape and native plant palette style, and habitat gardens and public sustainable landscape and restoration projects that are similar to its habitat conditions.

References

Vaccinium ovatum Wikipedia