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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.
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The plant closely resembles the native blueberry plants (Vaccinium species) with which it grows in the same habitats. It can be readily identified by the numerous resin dots on the undersides of the leaves which glitter when held up to the light.
Gaylussacia brachycera, commonly known as box huckleberry or box-leaved whortleberry, is a low North American shrub related to the blueberry and the other huckleberries. It is native to the east-central United States ( Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , Virginia , West Virginia , North Carolina , Kentucky , and Tennessee ).
[6] [7] Another cultivated species of similar size and habitats is the evergreen Vaccinium ovatum (evergreen huckleberry). As a crop plant (along with the other huckleberries of the genus in western North America), it is not currently grown on a large commercial agriculture scale, despite efforts to make this possible. [ 8 ]
The Hoh and Quileute consume the fruit raw, stew the berries and make them into a sauce, and can the berries and use them as a winter food. [13] The Ojibwa make use of the berries, gathering and selling them, eating them fresh, sun drying and canning them for future use. [14] The Nlaka'pamux make the berries into pies. [15]
Common English names include huckleberry (shared with plants in several other genera) and "dangleberry". Gaylussacia plants are often a component of an oak-heath forest . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They are deciduous or evergreen shrubs growing to a height of 0.4–1.8 metres (1 ft 4 in – 5 ft 11 in).
The amount of fruit produced by these shrubs is legendary, with stories being told of mountain sides turned purple by all of the fruit, or shrubs being weighed to the ground by large, and abundant berries. [14] The huckleberry is the official state fruit of Idaho, with this particular species assumed to be the huckleberry in question. [15]