Native to British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington; introduced into Great Britain (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, California, Mendocino
39.273056, -123.743333
Location Remarks
Van Damme State Park. Pygmy Forest. Off Highway 1, east of Little River.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Vaccinium
Specific Epithet
ovatum
Authorship
Pursh
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.8
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#70,439 of 335,497
Top 21%
Extinction probability
10%