Vaccinium parvifolium (Red Huckleberry)

8/18/03 Roadside off Hwy. 89 south of junction with Forest Service Road 49,

Modoc Volcanic Scenic Byway, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Red Huckleberry

SPECIES: Vaccinium parvifolium

FAMILY: Ericaceae (Heath Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 8/18/2003

LOCATION: Roadside off Hwy. 89 south of junction with Forest Service Road 49, Modoc Volcanic Scenic Byway, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Siskiyou County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Shrub, glabrous to puberulent; rhizome 0

Stem erect 1–4 m, generally not rooting; twigs strongly angled, green

Leaves deciduous, rarely evergreen in young plants, 10–25 mm; blade elliptic to ovate, thin, entire to serrate or with only a deciduous, sharp point at tip, lower surface (especially midvein) puberulent, veins prominent

Inflorescence: flowers solitary in axils of lowest leaves of youngest shoots; bractlets 0; pedicels not jointed to flower

Flower: calyx lobes ± 0 or < tube, rounded, deciduous; corolla < 5 mm, greenish or pinkish; anthers awned

Fruit 6–10 mm diam, bright red

Ecology: Moist, shaded woods

Elevation: 3–1400 m.  

Bioregional distribution: North Coast, Klamath Ranges, Outer North Coast Ranges, High Cascade Range, n&c High Sierra Nevada, San Francisco Bay Area 

Distribution outside California: to se Alaska

Horticultural information: SHD, IRR: 4, 5, 6, 14, 15, 16, 17; acidic soil.