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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaultheria hispidula
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Creeping Snowberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaultheria hispidula
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaultheria hispidula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Gaultheria hispidula
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
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 (Newcomb, 1977).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaultheria hispidula
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaultheria hispidula
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Gaultheria hispidula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Gaultheria hispidula
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Chiogenes hispidula
2632
Shrub; Subshrub
Perennial
Habitat: spruce-fir forests, northern hardwoods forests, bogs at high elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
4-merous
4 sepals
4-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
White
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p232
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p113
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p128
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p150
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