Red Huckleberry - vaccinium parvifolium

Appearance

• Leaves: small, 1-2 inches long with smooth edges
• Flowers: at least as broad as long
• Fruit : berries, bright red
• Plant: 3-12 feet. small and medium size 
  

Habitat

• Naturally grows: the moister forests
• Grows: wide spread but never in bunches

Growth Habit

• A Huckleberry is a perennial shrub plant. It changes during different seasons by the leaves changing blaze orange and yellow in the fall. After it turns bright orange the Huckleberry goes deciduous. 
  

Natural History

• Used by animals: the birds use Huckleberry as food and help dispersing the seeds
• Used by humans: Flathead Indians used the plant as medicine