Vaccinium membranaceum (Mountain Huckleberry) Understory Director of the UNC Charlotte

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deeply furrowed and thickening with age

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Vaccinium membranaceum (Mountain Huckleberry) Understory Director of the UNC CharlottePlant Description: One of the many PNW native huckleberry species, this shub has rounded, toothed leaves. Like other huckleberry species, flowers in Spring through early summer with light, creamy pink bell shaped flowers followed by blue black purple berries that ripen in the summer. Huckleberries are in the same genus as blueberries and are some of the most favored foraged edibles, high in antioxidants and vitamin c. They can be eaten fresh, cooked,