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False Huckleberry - Menziesia ferruginea

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S5
C-value: 4


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General Description
Deciduous, acutely branched shrub. Stems erect-ascending, sparingly branched, to 200 cm; floral buds terminal, globose, larger than the lateral, ovoid foliage buds which are closely crowded beneath. Leaves alternate, petiolate, thin, to ca, 5 cm long with a musky odor; blades elliptic to obovate, bluish-green, dull, glandular, entire; apex obtuse, midnerve apex a tiny white tooth. Inflorescence a crowded, umbel-like raceme of 5 to 10 flowers borne from the distal floral bud of last year’s stem, pedicels to 2 cm long. Flowers hypogynous, 4-merous; calyx nearly obsolete, shallowly lobed, glandular-ciliate; corolla cylindric-urn-shaped, to 5 mm long, shallowly lobed, coppery-pink; stamens 8; ovary superior. Fruit an ovoid, 4-chambered capsule (Stickney in Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Our plants are variety glabella (A.Gray) M.Peck.

Species Range
Montana Range Range Descriptions

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Range Comments
BC to AB south to CA, ID and WY (Stickney in Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 3201

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Habitat
Cool, moist, upland slopes in coniferous forests, often forming dense thickets on north slopes; valleys to subalpine (Stickney in Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
  • Additional ReferencesLegend:   View Online Publication
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    • Johnson, T. W. 1982. An analysis of pack and saddle stock grazing areas in the Bob Marshall Wilderness. M.Sc.Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 105 p.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
    • Morgan, J.T. 1993. Summer habitat use of white-tailed deer on the Tally Lake ranger district, Flathead National Forest. Ph.D. Dissertation. Montana State University, Bozeman. pp. 103.
    • Picton, H.D. 1959. Use of vegetative types, migration, and hunter harvest of the Sun River elk herd, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 39 p.
    • Schubloom, L.A. 1995. Lichens as air quality indicators in three areas of southwestern Montana: lichen floristics and elemental analysis. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 130 p.
    • Stansberry, B.J. 1991. Distribution, movements, and habitat use during spring, summer, and fall by mule deer in the North Salish Mountains, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 64 p.
    • Stevens, D.R. 1965. Range relationships of elk and livestock in the Crow Creek drainage, Elkhorn Mountains, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 68 p.
    • White, K.L. 1960. Differential range use by mule deer in the spruce-fir zone. Northwest Science 34(4):118-126.
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