Several varieties of huckleberries grow in the Northwest. WSU researchers are working to domesticate Vaccinium membranaceum, also known as mountain huckleberry. Washington State University researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Huckleberries are shrubs in the heath family, and are closely related to blueberries and cranberries. There are two main types of ...

Every year, lovers of these tart, juicy berries trek into the forests of the Northwest to pick them at great effort. No one's managed to grow them... Starting in late summer, national forests in ...

LAUREL, Del. — Phil Sheridan is on a botanical treasure hunt, and he needs your help. Now, while dogwood buds fatten, ospreys spruce up their nests, and rivers shimmer in early spring light, Sheridan ...

SANDPOINT, Idaho — They call it purple gold, and people will lug heavy buckets and compete with bears to get some. Huckleberries only grow in the wild, and picking them has long fueled an underground ...

Washington State University researchers are setting their sights on domesticating the wild huckleberry, a goal that has eluded plant scientists for decades. Huckleberries are notoriously fickle plants ...

Probably the last thing a home grower wants to hear from the Northwest Berry and Grape Information Network experts is this vaguely optimistic fact: "If all goes well, your huckleberries should start ...

As a child, huckleberry pie was my favorite! FYI: Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in two closely related genera in the family Ericaceae: Gaylussacia and Vaccinium. The ...

Maryland's little box huckleberry is one of the rarest plants in the state. It is also "a very charismatic plant," to quote Virginia scientist Phil Sheridan, who has become so entranced by its plight ...

Aug. 30—A colorful, slow-growing box huckleberry found only in Bedford and Perry counties in 2020 will likely move soon to Pennsylvania's list of endangered plants. So too will the wedge-leaved violet ...