Huckleberries or Blueberries?

Most of us in the Rocky Mountain region who pick huckleberries are most familiar with the vaccinium membranaceum or commonly called, mountain huckleberries!  But how do you know if you are picking or eating  huckleberries or blueberries? Author of the blog, Patches Thru shares her conversation with some Native Americans who helped her identify huckleberries: “There […]

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All About Huckleberries

Huckleberry season is definitely winning down — it appears to have been a good year for huckleberries and those picking them in the wilds! But it is always time to learn more about huckleberries. I found this excellent article the other day and wanted to share it with you: Huckleberries Vaccininum membranceum/ Globare (complex)’ V. […]

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Huckleberries in Oregon

As the seasons whines down in Montana and Idaho, the huckleberry season is going strong in parts Washington and Oregon. Wild Pacific Northwest: Huckleberries Oval-leaved Huckleberry, Vaccinium ovalifolium (photo by Ivan Phillipsen). Of all the plant species that produce edible berries in the Northwest – and there are quite a few – huckleberries have to […]

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Huckleberrry Species

Anticipating picking huckleberry yet?  If so, (or even if not!), you might want to check out this article on identifying the different types of huckleberries. Natural Life of the Lost Coast: Huckleberries Redwood Times Most of us know the evergreen huckleberry that is commonly found in the North Coast. When we encounter them in the […]

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The Wild Mountain Huckleberry

Whortleberry, dewberry, bilberry, blueberry; mountain-this or thin-leaved-that; big or blue or dwarf or globe, the huckleberry goes by many names.  It grows wild and only wild, in the remote areas of American’s inland Northwest from Oregon to Alaska, the Pacific Ocean to the Continental Divide. The huckleberry is a living exhibit of the colors purple […]

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