Blue huckleberry

Blue huckleberry

"Blue huckleberry" refers to either of two plants native to North America:

* "Gaylussacia frondosa", Eastern United States - a dangleberry
* "Vaccinium deliciosum" (also called Cascade bilberry or Cascade huckleberry), Western United States and British Columbia, Canada - a bilberry


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