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§1 Plant

Quercus vacciniifolia Kellogg

vernacular huckleberry oak — species · Fagaceae


USDA
QUVA
GBIF
10918497
Rank
species
huckleberry oak (Quercus vacciniifolia)
Platephotograph · rackley94901 source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Fagaceae Dumort.
Genus
Quercus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 32 counties across 3 states/territories
Legend Native · 32 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Low
Fire
High
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
None
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-28 °F minimum
Frost-free days
140 min.
Precipitation
20–60 in/yr
pH range
5–7
Root depth
18 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Thicket Forming
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
1.3 ft
Height @ 20 y
1 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
1,030
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Contracting Only
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 32 counties across 3 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/QUVA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/10918497 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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