![Salal flowering in Jim Popenoe's yard Photo of salal in flower](Salal.jpg)
Jim Popenoe
Salal
(Gaultheria shallon)
![Black huckleberry flowering in Patrick's Point State Park, 29 March 1980 Photo of huckleberry in flower](Huckleberry.jpg)
Jim Popenoe
Black huckleberry
(Vaccinium ovatum)
Salal and black huckleberry are evergreen shrubs in the heath family. They grow side-by-side in many settings, including sunny coastal bluffs and shady forests of red alder, Sitka spruce and coast redwood.