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
![Berry and leaves of 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)](cespitosum/cespitosum06-17-2015b.jpg)
Dwarf huckleberry seen around the edges of vernally moist meadows at Panakanic in western Klickitat County, Washington..........June 17, 2015.
- ![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)](cespitosum/cespitosum06-17-2015c.jpg)
Dwarf huckleberry seen around the edges of vernally moist meadows at Panakanic in western Klickitat County, Washington..........June 17, 2015. Note the toothed leaf margins and glands on the leaves.
![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)](cespitosum/caespitosum15a.jpg)
Fall foliage of dwarf bilberry as seen at the edge of private meadows at Panakanic, Klickitat County, Washington..........November 10, 2014.
Paul Slichter