Huckleberries???

[Fish_N_Russ]

Ok so I have a whole boatload of trees and bushes growing behind my house......most of it is pines/rhododendron misc bushes, but there is a lot of small bushes with little green oval leaves with berries that look a lot like blueberries (just larger). Are these huckleberries? Ive heard that people pick them around Florence a lot but dont want to pick something thats no good or poisonous......anyone?
thanks
Russ

[aye fsh]

Sounds more like Salal. Leaves maybe 4" long, Dark on top and light underneath? Berries in rows on a stalk? Huckleberries are pink and pretty small, the leaves are only 1/2" long or so and delicate.

[Mokai]

Maybe Oregon Grape ???

[crabbait]

Huckleberries are either blue or red and the plants look a lot like blueberries. Leaves are small like 1 1/4". The smaller the bushes the better the elk hunting.

[Fish_N_Russ]

no these arent Salal, I know what that looks like. These have little oval leaves maybe 1" long, pointy at the ends, and then little berries that look a lot like blueberries only a bit smaller and they only grow near the ends of the branches and in single berries (one per stem) not clusters like blueberries. I did some googling and pretty sure they are huckleberries but wanted to get imput from anyone thats got them before

[aye fsh]

Try this link to osu extension-

http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/3plants.htm#vapar

I did not know there were so many different types, certainley not blue ones!

[thresher]

Could you post a pic of the bush by any chance. It may help us help you

[Fish_N_Russ]

I will post pic tomorrow after I take one......but looking at that OSU page pretty sure its Vaccinium ovatum

[crabbait]

Here are a couple of ripe blue ones...



Also known as "elk stuffing", their #1 choice of nibble-ables.

[Fish_N_Russ]

aha, thats them!

[Ryan Pultz]

So when can I come over and pick them hahahah rp