A Few of the Huckleberry Leaves the Deer Didn’t Get!

''Vaccinium parvifolium'', the red huckleberry, is a species of ''Vaccinium'' native to western North America, where it is common in forests from southeastern Alaska and British Columbia south through western Washington and Oregon to central California.

In the Oregon Coast Range, it is the most common ''Vaccinium''. It occurs mostly at low to middle elevations in soil enriched by decaying wood and on rotten logs, from sea level up to 1,820-metre .