October 9, 2014

Evergreen Huckleberry

Vaccinium ovatum
Family Ericaceae
Evergreen Huckleberry

Location: To the left of the evergreen longhouse, near Dogtooth LN NW.

Weather: Cloudy with some sun breaks. Dry and temps in the 60's.

Habitat: Forest area near campus building. Some ACMA, and many PSME for shade and POMU surrounding.

Notes: Common area for foot traffic. Cars can be seen and heard from sight. The ground is covered in dried leaves from neighboring big leaf maple. The plant only has three berries left on it. One being black and the other two are puple-pink. The height of the huckleberry is waste high and is growing out of a fallen log.

Posted on October 9, 2014 10:44 PM by daninord daninord | 1 observation | 0 comments | Leave a comment

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