Creeping Snowberry
Creeping snowberry is a common name for several plants and may refer to: * ''Gaultheria hispidula'' * ''Symphoricarpos hesperius'' * ''Symphoricarpos mollis'' ReferencesCreeping snowberryat Integrated Taxonomic Information System The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) is an American partnership of federal agencies designed to provide consistent and reliable information on the taxonomy of biological species. ITIS was originally formed in 1996 as an interagenc ...

Gaultheria Hispidula
''Gaultheria hispidula'', commonly known as the creeping snowberry or moxie-plum, and known to Micmaq tribes of Newfoundland as Manna Teaberry, is a perennial spreading ground-level vine of the heath family Ericaceae. It is native to North America and produces small white edible berries. It fruits from August to September. Its leaves and berries taste and smell like wintergreen. Description ''Gaultheria hispidula'' is an evergreen prostrate shrub that forms a mat of stems and leaves that can reach in diameter and only high. The small leaves, which are under long, are arranged alternately along the stems. The pale green-white flowers are seen in spring, followed by the white berries in August and September. The fruit is white with small darker-colored hair-like growths. The fruit is edible and has an acidic taste. Distribution and habitat ''Gaultheria hispidula'' grows in acidic and neutral soils in open woodland and forest verges, particularly on wet ground such as in or on th ...
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Symphoricarpos Hesperius
''Symphoricarpos hesperius'', called the trailing snowberry or creeping snowberry, is a North American species of trailing shrubs in the honeysuckle family. It is native to southwestern Canada (southwestern British Columbia) and the northwestern United States (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and far northern California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...)Turner Photographics, - Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest, ''Symphoricarpos hesperius'', Creeping Snowberry
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Symphoricarpos Mollis
''Symphoricarpos mollis'', with the common names creeping snowberry, Southern California snowberry, and trip vine, is a shrub in the honeysuckle family.Flowering Plans of the Santa Monica Mountains, Nancy Dale, 2nd. Ed, 2000, p. 91 Description The plant is a creeping shrub, low growing and straggling, with stems that can reach several feet while the height limited to about . It reproduces both from via rhizome and seed. Leaves are opposite. Stems are flexible. It bears bunches of red or pink rounded, bell-shaped flowers and spherical or bulbous white or pink-tinted fruits measuring about . Distribution and habitat The shrub is found in western North America from British Columbia to California inland to Nevada and Idaho. It does well in warm climates and can tolerate both intense sun and constant shade. It is a plant of chaparral ecosystems, especially along coastlines. Edibility The fruits are inedible. While not generally considered toxic, they are distasteful, having ...
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