. The wild huckleberries of Oregon and Washington : a dwindling resource. (thin-leaved huckleberry, fig. 12), re- sembles blue huckleberry but is a coarser shrub with larger leaves that have long- pointed apexes (Camp 1942, Hitchcock et al. 1959). Thin-leaved huckleberry grows at moderate to high elevations on both eastern and western slopes of the Olympic and Cascade Mountains. It is also found in the Wallowa and Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon and eastern Washington (Hayes and Garrison 1960). Its purplish-black fruits are subacid, aromatic, and deli- ciously flavored (Abrams 1951). They are
. The wild huckleberries of Oregon and Washington : a dwindling resource. (thin-leaved huckleberry, fig. 12), re- sembles blue huckleberry but is a coarser shrub with larger leaves that have long- pointed apexes (Camp 1942, Hitchcock et al. 1959). Thin-leaved huckleberry grows at moderate to high elevations on both eastern and western slopes of the Olympic and Cascade Mountains. It is also found in the Wallowa and Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon and eastern Washington (Hayes and Garrison 1960). Its purplish-black fruits are subacid, aromatic, and deli- ciously flavored (Abrams 1951). They are borne singly and are larger than most other wild huckleberries in the area (Darrow et al. 1944). The habitat requirements of thin- leaved huckleberry are less critical than those of many other western huckleberries (Camp 1942). It grows as an understory shrub under unbroken forest canopies but is more abundant and vigorous under par- tial canopies and in the open (Neiland 1958). V. membranaeewn grows well in dry areas (Darrow 1960). It is abundant in burned- over areas and produces large fruit crops which are harvested extensively. Thin- leaved huckleberry also is utilized as forage (Darrow et al. 1944). The carotene and energy contents of its leaves are higher than those of many browse plants (Hamilton and Gilbert 1966), but their browse quality is rated fair to poor for sheep and goats, poor for cattle, and useless for horses (Sampson and Jesper- sen 1963). Characteristics of the 12 native northwestern Vaccinium species are summarized in table 1. A field key (Appendix) should facilitate species iden- tification. MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS Most huckleberry fields originated from the uncontrolled wildfires that were. Figure huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum). common in the Northwest before modern fire protection and control techniques were applied. Ecologically, these fields are serai—temporary stages in the natural succession from treeless burn to climax forest.
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