Vaccinium myrsinites |
Vaccinium membranaceum |
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black huckleberry, thin-leaved huckleberry |
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Habit | Shrubs deciduous, 5–20 dm; twigs round in cross section to angled, yellow-green to reddish green, thin, flexible, glabrous to puberulent; bark grayish on older branches; not rhizomatous. | |
Leaves | elliptic to ovate, 30–50 × 10–25 mm, light green abaxially, turning red to purple with age; thin; flexible; margins sharply serrate from tips to near base; tips acute; surfaces abaxially glandular, adaxially glabrous. |
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Flowers | sepals 5; calyces shallowly lobed; petals 5; corollas shallowly lobed, globose to urceolate, 3–6 × 5–7 mm, white to pink, glaucous; filaments glabrous. |
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Fruits | 6–12 mm in diameter, dark red to black; without a bloom. |
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2n | =48. |
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Vaccinium myrsinites |
Vaccinium membranaceum |
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Distribution | ||
Discussion | Mid- to higher elevation coniferous forests (rarely at lower elevations). Flowering Apr–Aug. 1000–2100 m. BW, Casc, CR, Lava, Sisk. CA, ID, WA; north to British Columbia, east to Quebec, southeast to AZ. Native. Renowned for the flavor of its berries, V. membranaceum is one of the most extensively harvested Vaccinium species in the wild. This species bears the state fruit of Idaho. |
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Source | Flora of Oregon, volume 2, page 640 Stephen Meyers |
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Synonyms | Vaccinium coccineum, Vaccinium globulare | |
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