Introductory
SPECIES: Vaccinium ovalifolium | Ovalleaf Huckleberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
VACOVL

SYNONYMS : 
   Vaccinium chamissonis


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   VAOV


COMMON NAMES : 
   ovalleaf huckleberry
   ovalleaf blueberry


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of ovalleaf huckleberry is
Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm. [38].  

Ovalleaf huckleberry readily hybridizes with a number of species,
including Alaska huckleberry (V. alaskaense) [47], and forms
intermediate to ovalleaf and Alaska huckleberry have been widely
reported.  Ovalleaf huckleberry-dwarf huckleberry (V. caespitosum) and
ovalleaf huckleberry-grouse whortleberry (V. scoparium) hybrids also
occur and may have contributed genetic material to blue huckleberry (V.
membranaceum) [8,44].  Intermediates between ovalleaf huckleberry and
dwarf huckleberry (V. caesoitosum) have been reported in parts of
eastern North America [8].


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


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


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tirmentein, D. 1990. Vaccinium ovalifolium. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Vaccinium ovalifolium | Ovalleaf Huckleberry