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Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database |
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Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database |
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Vaccinium ovalifolium (Oval Leaf Huckleberry)
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A deciduous huckleberry, this shrub is found from Alaska to Oregon and east across much of Canada and the northern states. It is hardy from USDA zones 1-9. It requires an acidic, even extremely acidic soil. If you have a neutral or alkaline soil, be sure to add elemental sulfur and peat moss to the planting hole and/or mulch with shredded oak leaves or pine needles. The oval leaves grow on reddish twigs that bear delicious and plentiful berries. They are ¼” and blue-black with bluish bloom. This species is often found growing with Mountain Huckleberry. It spreads rapidly to form thickets. |
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For a short comparison of northwest native huckleberry family plants, click here |
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