Common Names: Black huckleberry, common huckleberry, high-bush
Latin Name: Gaylussacia baccata
Type: Shrub
Origin: Native
Edible: Berries (black or dark blue) are eaten raw or in jams, jellies, pies, muffins, and pancakes. Native Americans used to dry the berries to use them in the winter or to travel.
Other uses: Many different animals eat the berries and may eat them quickly so that it is hard for us to find the ripe berries. The flowers attract butterflies.
Note: These are along the tree lines in back. They are ~5 feet in height. I read that they have yellow spots under the leaf that sparkle in the sun. I need to look for this yet.
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| Black huckleberry (April) |
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| Black huckleberry (April) |
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| Black huckleberry (July) |
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| Black huckleberry (July) |
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| Black huckleberry - green unripe berries (May) |
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| Black huckleberry - ripe & unripe berries (June) |
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| Black huckleberry - ripe & unripe berries (June) |
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