''Symphoricarpos guadalupensis'', McKittrock's snowberry, is a rare North American species of plants in the honeysuckle family. It has been found only in the Sierra Del Carmen Mountains of

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and in South McKittrick Canyon in the

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of western Texas.Correll, Donovan Stewart 1968. Wrightia 4(1): 28
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.Guadalupe Mountains National Park, park map
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Symphoricarpos palmeri ''Symphoricarpos palmeri'', common name Palmer's snowberry, is a North American species of plants in the Honeysuckle Family. It has been found in the southwestern United States (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and western Texas Texas ( , ...

,'' which can be found growing in the same canyon as ''S. guadalupensis'' but is rather hairy.

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