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Trees and shrubs
Red huckleberry
Vaccinium parvifolium
Red huckleberry is a deciduous shrub that reaches about 12 feet at maturity, with a slow growth rate. Up to about 20 feet tall, often much shorter. In the wild it grows in dry to moist, conifer woods & openings below 5000 ft.
Water
Low
Light
Sun, Part shade, Shade
Hardiness
Zone 5
Mature height
12 ft
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Growing guide
- Growth habit
- Deciduous Shrub
- Mature size
- Up to about 20 feet tall, often much shorter.
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Water needs
- Low; high drought tolerance once established
- Soil moisture
- Dry, Moist
- Light
- Sun, Part Shade, Shade
- Cold hardiness
- To -13°F (about USDA Zone 5)
- Bloom
- White, Pink, Green · May, Jun
- Grows in
- Dry to moist, conifer woods & openings below 5000 ft.
- Native range
- CA Coast Ranges from Santa Cruz Mts. & Sierras from Fresno Co., n. (w. of Cascades) to s.e. AK
Wildlife and uses
Birds and mammals eat berries.
Attracts: Birds Value to Beneficial Insects Special Value to Native Bees This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation .
Good for: Restoration, Wildlife, Landscape
Sources
Hardiness zone is estimated from the USDA minimum temperature. Uses are suggested from USDA plant traits.
