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SPECIES: Vaccinium ovatum | Evergreen Huckleberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
VACOVA

SYNONYMS : 
   Metagonia ovata
   Vaccinium lanceolatum
   Vitis-idaea ovata


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   VAOV2
   VAOVO
   VAOVS


COMMON NAMES : 
   evergreen huckleberry
   box huckleberry
   evergreen blueberry
   shot huckleberry
   California huckleberry
   box blueberry
   black huckleberry


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of evergreen huckleberry is
Vaccinium ovatum Pursh [31,60]. The following varieties have been
recognized on the basis of vegetative and floral morphology [31]:

                   V. ovatum var. ovatum
                   V. ovatum var. saporosum Jepson


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
D. Tirmenstein, May, 1990


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tirmenstein, D. 1990. Vaccinium ovatum. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Vaccinium ovatum | Evergreen Huckleberry