View source for Vaccinium membranaceum

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|accepted_name=Vaccinium membranaceum
|accepted_authority=Douglas ex Torrey in C. Wilkes et al.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in C. Wilkes et al., U.S. Expl. Exped.
|place=17: 377. 1874,
}}
|common_names=Thinleaf huckleberry
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium coccineum
|authority=Piper
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium globulare
|authority=Rydberg
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium membranaceum var. rigidum
|authority=(Hooker) Fernald
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Vaccinium;Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus;Vaccinium membranaceum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Vaccinium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Vaccinium membranaceum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 516
|treatment_page=page 523
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>forming small to extensive clumps, rarely crown-forming, 2–30 dm, not rhizomatous; twigs of current season yellow-green or reddish green, terete to slightly angled, glabrous or hairy in lines. <b>Leaf</b> blades usually green, broadly elliptic to ovate, 25–50 × 11–23 mm, margins sharply serrate, surfaces glandular abaxially. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx green, obscurely lobed, glabrous; corolla white, cream, yellowish pink, or bronze, globose to urceolate, 3–5 × 5–7 mm, thin, glaucous; filaments glabrous. <b>Berries</b> shiny or dull black or deep purple, rarely red or white, 9–13 mm diam. <b>Seeds</b> ca. 1 mm. <b>2n</b> = 48.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Coniferous woods, especially cut-over stands, talus slopes, subalpine fir forests, alpine heaths
|elevation=900-3500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Ont.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mich.;Mont.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Vaccinium membranaceum</i> is, by far, the most widely commercially utilized western huckleberry for fruit and is harvested extensively from the wild. This species served as an especially important source of food for native peoples throughout western North America, and the dried berries were used for winter food and trade.</p>
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name=Vaccinium membranaceum
|author=
|authority=Douglas ex Torrey in C. Wilkes et al.
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Vaccinium coccineum;Vaccinium globulare;Vaccinium membranaceum var. rigidum
|basionyms=
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Coniferous woods, especially cut-over stands, talus slopes, subalpine fir forests, alpine heaths
|elevation=900-3500 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Ont.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mich.;Mont.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=in C. Wilkes et al., U.S. Expl. Exped.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_1018.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Vaccinium
|section=Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus
|species=Vaccinium membranaceum
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