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§1 Plant
Vaccinium membranaceum Douglas ex Torr.
vernacular thinleaf huckleberry — species · Ericaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ericaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Vaccinium
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 117 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 85 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–5.6
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 4.5 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 4 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Purple
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Contracting Only
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 117 counties across 10 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
California view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Adams 16003
- Bear Lake 16007
- Benewah 16009
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Boundary 16021
- Caribou 16029
- Clearwater 16035
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Idaho 16049
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Shoshone 16079
- Teton 16081
- Valley 16085
Michigan view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 21 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Asotin 53003
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Columbia 53013
- Cowlitz 53015
- Ferry 53019
- Garfield 53023
- King 53033
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Spokane 53063
- Walla Walla 53071
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
- Yakima 53077
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VAME ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/9060377 ↗Record version
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