Red huckleberry
(Vaccinium parvifolium)
"False azalea" or
"Fool's huckleberry"
(Menziesia ferruginea)
Red huckleberry and false azalea are deciduous shrubs in the heath family, most common in old-growth Sitka spruce and coast redwood forests. These species grow side-by-side in the Octopus Trees Grove in Patrick's Point State Park.
Photos by Jim Popenoe