Vaccinium ovatum (California Huckleberry) - Gardenia
Native to the Pacific coastal region, Vaccinium ovatum (California Huckleberry) is an elegant evergreen shrub of neat, upright habit, with multiple seasons of interest. Emerging bronzy or reddish in spring, its small, oval, leathery leaves are closely spaced along the reddish stems and mature to lustrous dark green.
Vaccinium ovatum - Wikipedia
Vaccinium ovatum is a North American species of huckleberry in the heather family commonly known as the evergreen huckleberry, winter huckleberry, cynamoka berry and California huckleberry. [1][2][3] It has a large distribution on the Pacific Coast of North America ranging from southern British Columbia to southern California. [2] .
Evergreen Huckleberry, Vaccinium ovatum - Native Plants PNW
Names: Evergreen Huckleberry is also called California Huckleberry, Evergreen Blueberry or Box Blueberry. Ovatum refers to its oval-shaped leaves. Relationships: There are about 450 species of Vaccinium worldwide, about 40 in North America with about 15 in the Pacific Northwest.
Evergreen Huckleberry - Calscape
Evergreen Huckleberry grows in coastal California. In the garden, it is a slow-growing, medium-sized shrub that can serve as a hedge or groundcover. It is a low-water plant that tolerates nutrient-poor soil and shady conditions.
Picking California huckleberries - Bay Nature
2012年10月3日 · On the coast, we get the California huckleberry variety, Vaccinium Ovatum, and it’s a good food source for many wildlife. Deer, elk and rabbit graze on the foliage, while the berries feed chipmunks, black bear, mice, thrushes, scarlet tanagers, bluebirds, and other songbirds. And of course, people.
Vaccinium ovatum Pursh - Calflora
Vaccinium ovatum is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Vaccinium ovatum - EVERGREEN HUCKLEBERRY - Rainy Side
Vaccinium ovatum has evergreen leaves and deep blue huckleberries. Alaska to California. Shrub. Sunset zones: 4-7, 14-17. USDA zones: 7-9. Height: 2-3 feet (60-90 cm) in sun, up to 12 feet (4 m) in shade. Width: up to 10 feet (3 m). March through May. Urn shaped, white to a blush of pink flowers. Evergreen, glossy, dark green leaves.
Vaccinium ovatum - Linda Vista Native Plants
One often finds California huckleberry under the shade of conifers in seasonably moist areas. It grows as a fairly open, rounded shrub to around eight feet with dark green tightly spaced leaves. The flowers are pendant little white bells, typical of the heath family.
Vaccinium ovatum, Huckleberry. - Las Pilitas
Huckleberry, Vaccinium ovatum, is a 2-3 ft. evergreen shrub that has 1/4" blue berries. (Ok, ok, sometimes Huckleberry will grow to 5-6 feet and have 1/2 inch berries in coastal forest.) I have seen this one in four locations so far. One is in our co. in sand in one of the foggiest places I …
Huckleberry at Home - Edible East Bay
2019年12月17日 · Vaccinium ovatum, aka California huckleberry, is an abundant food crop found among the Sequioa semprevirens (Coastal redwood) all the way from Big Sur and north to the Oregon border. As readers in this region know well, the redwood forest is located in foggy coastal lands, and as such, the soil stays moist and cool.