Thinleaf Huckleberry
Vaccinium membranaceum
The famous mountain huckleberry, producing large, sweet purple-black berries treasured by people and bears alike. Thrives in cool, high forests and burns, with rich red fall color.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 4.5–4.5 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- pink, yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~294 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, ID, MI, MN, MT, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY
Related native plants
More Vaccinium species
- Evergreen Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum)
- Red Huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)
- Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum)
- Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum)
- Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum)
- Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium)