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Vaccinium ovatum
Also called Evergreen Huckleberry, Winter huckleberry, Evergreen Blueberry, Black Winter Huckleberry, Shot Huckleberry
California huckleberry is an evergreen shrub native to the Pacific Coast of North America, from southern British Columbia to southern California, grown for its edible berries and as a native landscape plant. It thrives in moist, well-drained, acidic soil in sun to shade.
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. It is a tall woody shrub that produces fleshy, edible berries in the summer.
The species has a large distribution on the Pacific Coast of North America ranging from southern British Columbia to southern California. The plant is used for food, natural landscaping, and floral arrangements.
Vaccinium ovatum is native to British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California. It is found in a contiguous distribution west of the Cascades from southern British Columbia to the redwood forests of the California Coast Ranges. Although mostly coastal, it can be found up to 100 kilometres (62 mi) inland in southern Oregon.
The berries are edible, and consumed raw, cooked, or dried. They are also incorporated into many common food items, such as pies, pancakes, muffins, other pastries, as well as jams, jellies, wine, and tea.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vaccinium ovatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
