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The species is cultivated in the specialty horticulture trade with limited availability as an ornamental plant: for natural landscaping, native plant, and habitat gardens; wildlife gardens; and restoration projects. [6] [7] Another cultivated species of similar size and habitats is the evergreen Vaccinium ovatum (evergreen huckleberry).
Vaccinium ovatum is an erect shrub that grows from 0.5 to 3 metres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 10 ft) tall and is considered a slow-growing plant. [3] The shrub has woody stems with bright red bark. [1] The leaves are waxy, alternately arranged, and egg-shaped; [2] they are about 2 to 5 centimetres (3 ⁄ 4 to 2 in) long and about 1 cm wide with finely ...
Vaccinium / v æ k ˈ s ɪ n i ə m / [3] is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family (Ericaceae). The fruits of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry (whortleberry), lingonberry (cowberry), and huckleberry.
Another, bright red huckleberry, the deciduous Vaccinium parvifolium, also ripens earlier in the year. 2024 is a bumper crop for the evergreen huckleberry, says Adam DeLeo. He should know.
The name 'huckleberry' is a North American variation of the English dialectal name variously called 'hurtleberry' or 'whortleberry' (/ ˈ hw ɜːr t əl b ɛr i /) for the bilberry. [1] In North America, the name was applied to numerous plant variations, all bearing small berries with colors that may be red, blue, or black. [2]
Vaccinium membranaceum is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae, known by the common names thinleaf huckleberry, tall huckleberry, big huckleberry, mountain huckleberry, square-twig blueberry, and ambiguously as "black huckleberry".
Gaylussacia baccata is a shrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall, forming extensive colonies. Flowers are in dangling groups of 3–7, orange or red, bell-shaped. Berries are dark blue, almost black, rarely white. [3] Berries are sweet and tasty. People and animals eat them raw, jellied, or baked into pancakes, muffins, and many other items. [4]: 39
Vaccinium corymbosum is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.8–3.7 metres (6–12 ft) tall and wide. It is often found in dense thickets. The dark glossy green leaves are elliptical and up to 5 centimetres (2 in) long. In autumn, the leaves turn to a brilliant red, orange, yellow, and/or purple. [3] [4]