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Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants

compiled by Elizabeth Painter

up to date as of May 1, 2016

Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).





TaxonVaccinium membranaceum
groupEudicots
FamilyEricaceae
Family common name(s)heath; heather; heathwort; heathworts
Genus common name(s)vaccinium; blueberry; cranberry; bilberry; ground-hurts; ground hurts
Species common name(s)thin-leaved huckleberry; thin-leaved blueberry; thin leaved blueberry; thin-leaved bilberry; thin-leafed huckleberry; thin leafed huckleberry; thin-leaf huckleberry; thin leaf huckleberry; thinleaf huckleberry; mountain bilberry; big whortleberry; big huckleberry; square-twigged huckleberry; square twigged huckleberry; square-twig huckleberry; square-twig bilberry; squaretwig bilberry; square-twig blueberry; mountain huckleberry
 
Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in bracketsSiskiyou Mountains huckleberry [Vaccinium coccineum]; Siskiyou Mtns nuckleberry [Vaccinium coccineum]
Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxahuckleberry, huckle-berry, huckle berry, blue huckleberry, black huckleberry, tall huckleberry, whortleberry, whortle-berry are applied to multiple Ericaceae taxa; deerberry, deer-berry, deer berry, buckberry are applied to taxa in multiple families
 
NotesSiskiyou is a proper name, so upper case preferable
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etcVaccinium coccineum Piper
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