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Thymelaeaceae family

Hillside False Ohelo Wikstroemia uva-ursi

Native
Deer-resistant — Low palatability to browsing deer, and rated toxic — which deer tend to avoid. Usually passed over, but no plant is truly deer-proof when food is scarce.
USDA livestock toxicity rating — not a pet assessment. See the Toxicity detail further down for what's documented.
Also known as: Fish poison plant · Hillside false ʻōhelo

Hillside False Ohelo is a perennial shrub native to Hawaii. It grows to 3 ft in part shade – shade, with red fruit.

Growing & care

USDA PLANTS · TRY
Conditions
Sources · Conditions
USDA PLANTS — Sun · Soil & moisture
USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503) — Fertility Requirement / Soil Adaptation — Fertility need · Adapts to
Sun
Part shade – shade
Soil & moisture
High moisture
Fertility need
Low
Adapts to
Coarse (sandy), Medium (loam)
Size & form
Sources · Size & form
USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503) — Height, Mature — Height
USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503) — Planting Density (per acre) — Spacing
USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503) — Growth Rate / Spread / Growth Form / Lifespan / Active Growth Period / Seed Period — Spread · Growth rate · Growth form · Active growth
USDA PLANTS — Lifespan
TRY Plant Trait Database (CC BY 4.0) · USDA PLANTS — Foliage
USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503) — Fruit/Seed Color / Fruit Persistence — Fruit
Height
3 ft
Spacing
6–12 ft apart from USDA planting density
Spread
Slow
Growth rate
Moderate
Growth form
Bunch
Lifespan
Perennial · short-lived
Foliage
Broadleaf · coarse texture
Active growth
Year-round
Fruit
Red
In the garden
Sources · In the garden
USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503) — Propagation Method / Commercial Availability — Propagate by · In the trade
USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503) — Germination (cold stratification) — Seed starting
USDA PLANTS — Seed Period — Seeds ripen
USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503) — Foliage Texture / Browse Palatability / Resprout — Deer browsing · Resprouts if cut
Propagate by
Seed, Cuttings, Container, Sprigs
Seed starting
No stratification needed
Seeds ripen
Year-round seed-collection / harvest window
In the trade
No known commercial source
Deer browsing
Low often deer-resistant
Resprouts if cut
Yes regrows after top-kill
Herb layer — Sits in the herb of a layered food forest or polyculture.Open guide →
derived roles
When to sow · for your area

Sow timing keys off your local last- and first-frost dates.

Species characteristics from USDA PLANTS (public domain) + TRY (CC BY) — general guidance, not a guarantee for your exact site. Deer "browsing" is documented palatability, not a deer-proof claim.
How we know this (1) Methods & honest limits
Photosynthesis Direct fact

A recorded categorical fact: each species is tagged C3 (standard), C4 (heat/water-efficient) or CAM (succulent, night-time CO₂ uptake) — or a facultative combination. We only show a trait card for the noteworthy C4/CAM cases; C3 is the unremarkable majority, kept in the data but not surfaced as a card.

Kattge, J. et al. TRY plant trait database — Categorical Traits Dataset (2012).
Derived values are computed from open data by a published method — labelled, cited, and never shown as a direct observation. Full methodology →
Sources for this entry (24) Open & cited
[01] Scientific name & family — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[02] Growth habit & duration — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[03] Native status & distribution — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503)
[04] Common name — USDA PLANTS (via GBIF)
[16] Invasive / introduced status — USDA PLANTS (DwCA, Zenodo 17903503) — native status
[18] Ecological value — GloBI
[19] Conservation rank — NatureServe Explorer (CC BY)
[21] Functional traits — TRY Plant Trait Database (CC BY 4.0)
[22] Photosynthetic pathway — TRY Plant Trait Database (CC BY 4.0)
[23] Other common names — Wikidata (CC0)
[24] County range — GBIF Open Data — open-licensed occurrences (CC0/CC-BY) → county
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