Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database


Vaccinium parvifolium (Red Huckleberry)

Kingdom

 Plantae – Plants

Subkingdom

 Tracheobionta – Vascular plants

Superdivision

 Spermatophyta – Seed plants

Division

 Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

Class

 Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons

Subclass

 Dilleniidae

Order

 Ericales

Family

 Ericaceae – Heath family

Genus

 Vaccinium L. – blueberry

Species

 Vaccinium parvifolium Sm. – red huckleberry

”Parviflorum” means “small-leafed” and indeed the foliage and twigs are delicate on this shrub.

Tiny greenish to flesh-colored flowers tuck themselves along the green twigs.

Fruits are an attractive salmon-egg red and very tasty, although maybe not as plentiful as the other two species. They are relished by many wild animals and were held in high regard by Native groups.

Growing from 3-12,’ Red Huckleberry is widespread in the northwest. It is hardy from USDA 6-10.

It prefers partial shade and rotted log material. An excellent neighbor for the Pacific Rhodie.

 

For a short comparison of northwest native huckleberry family plants, click here.

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