Dwarf Bilberry, Dwarf Blueberry, Dwarf Huckleberry
Vaccinium cespitosum
Synonyms Vaccinium arbuscula, Vaccinium caespitosum, Vaccinium caespitosum var. arbuscula, Vaccinium caespitosum var. caespitosum, Vaccinium caespitosum var. paludicolia, Vaccinium cespitosum var. arbuscula, Vaccinium cespitosum var. cespitosum, Vaccinium cespitosum var. paludicola, Vaccinium nivictum
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Dwarf blueberry as seen near Warm Lake, Goat Rocks Wilderness.........July 23, 2016. Note the gland-tipped teeth on the leaf margins and the corollas are about as long (or narrower) as wide.
The similar
Vaccinium deliciosum lacks the gland-tipped marginal teeth and has corollas much wider than long.
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The tiny blue berry of dwarf huckleberry which is very flavorful. Photographed at left in meadows at the western edge of Bird Creek Meadows on Mt. Adams.........August 13, 2006. The photo at right shows the ripening fruit of dwarf huckleberry as seen along the Thomas Lake Trail near Rock Lake, Indian Heaven Wilderness......August 20, 2024.
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The upper surface of the leaf blade of dwarf huckleberry. Notice the toothed margins which are found at the tip of the blade. Photographed in meadows at the western edge of Bird Creek Meadows on Mt. Adams.........August 13, 2006. Notice the distinct netted pattern of veins on the lower surface of the leaf blade which helps distinguish this species from that of Cascade blueberry. The blades of this species are oblanceolate in shape.
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The bright red color of the fall foliage of dwarf huckleberry as seen on slopes along the Pacific Crest Trail just east of Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, OR.........October 19, 2010.
This photo shows the bright red foliage of dwarf huckleberry as seen along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 as seen near Riley Trail
#64 on the western slopes of Mt. Adams.........September 25, 2005. It is found here interspersed amongst pink heather, Phyllodoce empetriformis.
The bright fall foliage of dwarf huckleberry as seen along the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 as seen near Riley Trail
#64 on the western slopes of Mt. Adams.........September 25, 2005.
Paul Slichter