Evergreen Huckleberry

By Admin, on September 29th, 2011

Evergreen Huckleberry Author Franz Xaver on Wikimedia Commons

Botanical Name: Vaccinium ovatum

Contributed By: USDA, NRCS, National Plant Data Center & Oregon Plant Materials Center

Alternate Names: California huckleberry, shot huckleberry, huckleberry, winter huckleberry, evergreen huckleberry.

Uses

Ethnobotanic: Tribes in British Columbia and western Washington use the berries of evergreen huckleberry. These tribes . . . → Read More: Evergreen Huckleberry

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Red Huckleberry

By Admin, on September 29th, 2011

Red Huckleberry ©2011 Walter Siegmund on wikimedia commons.

Botanical name: Vaccinium parvifolium.

Contributed by: USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center Freya Holm, Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington

Alternate Names

Red bilberry, red whortleberry

Uses

Red huckleberries are edible and widely used today for pies, jams, jellies, and are frozen or canned. A wine . . . → Read More: Red Huckleberry

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