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Read more about Creeping Snowberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gaultheria hispidula
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaultheria hispidula
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Chiogenes hispidula
COMMON NAME:
Creeping Snowberry, Moxie
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_chhi6_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gahi2_002_lvd
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Will Stuart wil_14802425180
August Hamilton County NY
Ferd's Bog
Here seen in a shrub bog with sphagnum and black spruce...
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Will Stuart wil_14802425180b
August Hamilton County NY
Ferd's Bog
Stems creeping, the leaves 3-10mm long, well-distributed along the stem, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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Will Stuart wil_14986017221
August Hamilton County NY
Ferd's Bog
The fruit is a white berry with a wintergreen flavor, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.