Red huckleberry

Red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium) is a species of Vaccinium, a flowering plant. It grows in North America. There, it is often found in forests from southeastern Alaska and British Columbia, through western Washington and Oregon to central California. In the Oregon Coast Range, it is the most-seen Vaccinium.^[1]

Red huckleberry
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Vaccinium
Binomial name
Vaccinium parvifolium

Growth

Red huckleberry is a shrub. It grows to 4-metre (13 ft) tall. The fruit grown on the plant is a berry which can be eaten. It can be from 6-millimetre (0.24 in) to 10-millimetre (0.39 in) in diameter.

Gallery

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  Newly opened leaves
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  Blossoms
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  Blossoms
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  Leaves and fruit