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Cascade bilberry

Vaccinium deliciosum

Also called Cascade Blueberry, Cascade Huckleberry, Rainier Blueberry, Blue Huckleberry, Blue Leaved Huckleberry

Cascade bilberry
Photo: Chaleb96, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Ericaceae (Heather family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
W. Canada to W. U.S.A.
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Vaccinium deliciosum is a species of bilberry known by the common names Cascade bilberry, Cascade blueberry, and blueleaf huckleberry. It is a flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae. The species is native to western North America.

Where it grows

Vaccinium deliciosum is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern California with a few isolated populations in eastern Idaho. It grows at elevations of 600–2,000 metres (2,000–6,600 ft) in subalpine and alpine climates. Its habitat includes coniferous forests, meadows, and clearings.

Uses

The sweet berries are edible. They can be eaten fresh, dried, or cooked in various dishes.

Other Vaccinium plants

Malea pilosa · Vaccinium adenochaetum · Lowbush blueberry · Farkleberry · Caucasian Whortleberry · Vaccinium bissei · Vaccinium boninense · Northern blueberry · Sea bilberry · New Jersey blueberry · Ohelo kau la'au · East Polynesian Blueberry

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vaccinium deliciosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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