[97] Symphoricarpos Albus Common Snowberry
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[95] Symphoricarpos Albus Common Snowberry Download. Symphoricarpos albus is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common name common snowberry. Albus ice apple white coralberry white snowberry symphoricarpos pauciflorus symphoricarpos racemosus grows up to 3 6 ft. Threatened and endangered information.
The rounded opposite leaves of common snowberry mark it as a member of the honeysuckle family caprifoliaceae. This species is sometimes known as waxberry white coralberry or white thin leaved or few flowered snowberry. Native introduced native and introduced.
Albus meaning white and the common name snowberry also refers to the white fruits. The plants database includes the following 2 subspecies of symphoricarpos albus. The oval white berries give this species its common name.
Laevigatus is cultivated for planting in the garden but it can suffer from rusts and other pathogens. Common snowberry snowberry waxberry symphoricarpos albus var. It is native to dry rocky wooded slopes banks and forests from nova scotia to british columbia south to oregon new mexico illinois and virginia.
It is native to north america where it occurs across much of canada and the northern and western united states. Tall and wide 90 180 cm with a bushy rounded habit. One variety symphoricarpos albus var.
Symphoricarpos albus commonly called snowberry is a bushy rounded deciduous shrub that typically grows to 3 6 tall and as wide. Interestingly the twigs are hollow. Laevigatus common snowberry legal status.