If you have never tasted huckleberries, you may be confused between the two different berries: Huckleberries and Blueberries. Add in Bilberries, and you may really be confounded. According to Wikipedia: Blueberries are a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section Cyanococcus within […]
If you are versed in horticulture and other plant-related sciences, you might also wonder if western huckleberries are really huckleberries. Those of us who live and pick these wild berries in the Pacific Northwest will valiantly defend our precious huckleberries. But the OPD website offers an article by Crystal Ligori explaining how huckleberries are not […]
In April, we shared an article about research ecologist Tabitha Graves and biologist Nate Michael mapping out huckleberry patches in Glacier National Park: Locating Huckleberries from Space. As an update, Graves and Michael’s research is also used to protect the grizzly bear population. Futurity.org shares the background for this research: Tracking where huckleberry plants live […]
Knowing the location of a good huckleberry patch is the most valuable information an avid picker can have. But now, with current satellite technology, huckleberry patches can be located from space! According to the Blue Mountain Eagle article, U.S. Geological Survey research ecologist Tabitha Graves and biologist Nate Michael mapped out huckleberry patches in Glacier […]
An interesting story about the huckleberries found during the 30+ miles hike to the Chinese Wall in Montana: The Chinese Wall Well Worth the Trip …The Chinese Wall is a limestone spine averaging about 1,000 feet tall and stretches unbroken for a dozen miles. The massive curtain of rock face marks the Continental Divide through the […]
You may love huckleberries, but if you pick them yourself, you REALLY have to love picking huckleberries. Following is an informative 9 minute video on identifying, finding and picking huckleberries. The folks who filmed this video are well versed in wild berries, especially huckleberries. If you watch closely, he identifies wild thimble-berries, currants and other […]
If you are not familiar with our wonderful huckleberries, either you don’t eat fruit or you live under a rock …. No, seriously, I would like to share some general information about huckleberries. Ask Define, shares the following definition of huckleberries: … Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in two […]
If you are unsure about the difference between huckleberries and blueberries …. well, you probably have never eaten a huckleberry. But, to help you out, here is a quote from WCAI: The Cape, the Coast and the Island website describing the differences: Huckleberries Growing Across the Cape Are Tasty and Often Overlooked “Huckleberries tend […]
Despite what you may have heard, huckleberries are very different from blueberries. To me, huckleberries taste like blueberries on steriods!! Other say a huckleberry taste like a cross between a blueberry and a red raspberry. One way of another, huckleberries and blueberries are very different! Here is a exerpt from an article that will help […]
Recently a reader asked if I could post an article about huckleberries in northern Washington. I did some searching and found the following article by Dea on her Live.Eat.Travel blog and found some information on huckleberries in the Pacific Northwest. Here are some excerpt from the article (NOTE: Her article is over 4 years old, […]
