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Vaccinium ovalifolium (commonly known as Alaska blueberry, early blueberry, oval-leaf bilberry, oval-leaf blueberry, and oval-leaf huckleberry)[2] is a plant in the heath family having three varieties, all of which grow in northerly regions, including the subarctic.[2]

Vaccinium ovalifolium
Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Vaccinium
Species:	V. ovalifolium
Binomial name
Vaccinium ovalifolium Sm. 1817[1]
Varieties
Vaccinium ovalifolium var. alpinum (Tatew.) T.Yamaz. Vaccinium ovalifolium var. ovalifolium (autonym) Vaccinium ovalifolium var. sachalinense T.Yamaz. List source :[2][3][4][5]
Synonyms[2][3][4]
Vaccinium alaskaense Howell Vaccinium axillare Nakai Vaccinium chamissonis Bong. Vaccinium chamissonis var. alpinum Tatew.  [=V. o. var. alpinum] Vaccinium ovalifolium var. coriaceum Boiss.  [=V. o. var. ovalifolium]

Growth

Vaccinium ovalifolium is a spreading shrub which may grow to 5 feet (1.5 m) tall. It has pink 1⁄4 in (0.64 cm) urn-shaped flowers. Berries are dark blue, often black, sometimes with a waxy coating.[6][7]

Distribution

The original variety (i.e. the automatically named Vaccinium ovalifolium var[iety] ovalifolium) is found on both the eastern and western sides of the Pacific Ocean; in North America, it is distributed in Canada (in Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, southern Ontario, south central Quebec, and southern Yukon Territory); and the United States (in southern Alaska, Idaho, northern Michigan, Oregon, western South Dakota, and Washington);[8] across the Pacific to Asia and Eurasia, it is distributed in Russia (in Kamchatka, the southern Kuril Islands, Primorsky Krai, and Sakhalin); and in Japan (in Hokkaido, and central and northern Honshu).[2]

The two other varieties are confined to Japan and Russia:

• V. o. var. sachalinense is only found in Sakhalin in Russia, and Hokkaido in Japan.[5]
• V. o. var. alpinum is distributed only within the Daisetsu and Hidaka Mountains, both on the island of Hokkaido.[3]

Uses

Vaccinium ovalifolium is used in jams and jellies and for making liqueur. Blueberry herbal tea can be made from the leaves, or from the juice of the blueberries themselves.[6]

Vaccinium ovalifolium has been used in Russia in the making of dyes, including the use of its tannin.[2]

In the winter, Vaccinium ovalifolium is an important food source for grazing deer, goats, and elk, and in the summer the nectar feeds hummingbirds.[6]

References

External links

• Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Russian America (now Alaska) in 1787, isotype of Vaccinium ovalifolium
• Jepson eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Vaccinium ovalifolium (California huckleberry)
• Calflora taxon report, University of California: Vaccinium ovatum (California huckleberry, evergreen huckleberry)
• United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile for Vaccinium ovatum (California huckleberry)
• Vaccinium ovalifolium — University of California, Calphotos Photos gallery
• Rating Criteria for Non-Timber Quality Codes. 2010. Vaccinium ovalifolium. Common name: Mountain blueberry; oval-leaved blueberry. 1 MacKinnon, A., J. Pojar, and R. Coupe. 1992. Plants of northern British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Forests and Long Pine Publishing. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada description, criteria for judging quality of fruit
• University of Alaska @ Fairbanks, Native Plants of Alaska, Oval-leafed Blueberry photos, description, propagation information
• Черника овальнолистная (Vaccinium ovalifolium, Ericaceae) in Russian with photos

• Media related to Vaccinium ovalifolium at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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[ru] Вакциниум овалолистный

Вакциниум овалолистный[5] или Черника овальнолистная, Голубика амурская[6] (лат. Vaccinium ovalifolium) — вид растений рода Вакциниум (Vaccinium) семейства Вересковые (Ericaceae). Существует три разновидности[2].

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