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