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§1 Plant
Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S.F. Blake
vernacular common snowberry — species · Caprifoliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Symphoricarpos
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 395 counties across 27 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 150 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–45 in/yr
- pH range
- 6–7.8
- Root depth
- 18 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 3 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Slight
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 76,029
- Propagation
- bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 395 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Ada 16001
- Benewah 16009
- Blaine 16013
- Boise 16015
- Bonner 16017
- Bonneville 16019
- Cassia 16031
- Clearwater 16035
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Idaho 16049
- Kootenai 16055
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Nez Perce 16069
- Shoshone 16079
- Teton 16081
- Valley 16085
- Washington 16087
Illinois view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alpena 26007
- Baraga 26013
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ionia 26067
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Midland 26111
- Missaukee 26113
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ontonagon 26131
- Oscoda 26135
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Mahnomen 27087
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Redwood 27127
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- St. Louis 27137
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
Montana view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Carbon 30009
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Granite 30039
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Ravalli 30081
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cayuga 36011
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Montgomery 36057
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Saratoga 36091
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Dakota view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Belmont 39013
- Columbiana 39029
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Jefferson 39081
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Medina 39103
- Montgomery 39113
- Morrow 39117
- Ottawa 39123
- Portage 39133
- Summit 39153
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Wood 39173
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- McKean 42083
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Kewaunee 55061
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SYAL ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8012439 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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