Index / Search / Symphoricarpos occidentalis
§1 Plant
Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook.
vernacular western snowberry — species · Caprifoliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Symphoricarpos
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 406 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- High
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -36 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–45 in/yr
- pH range
- 6.6–8
- Root depth
- 18 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Thicket Forming
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- 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
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 75,033
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, 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 406 counties across 18 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Carroll 19027
- Cherokee 19035
- Crawford 19047
- Dickinson 19059
- Fremont 19071
- Harrison 19085
- Ida 19093
- Jackson 19097
- Lyon 19119
- Mills 19129
- Monona 19133
- Muscatine 19139
- Page 19145
- Plymouth 19149
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Union 19175
- Washington 19183
- Webster 19187
- Winneshiek 19191
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Cheyenne 20023
- Cloud 20029
- Decatur 20039
- Ellis 20051
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Graham 20065
- Gray 20069
- Hamilton 20075
- Jewell 20089
- Kearny 20093
- Mitchell 20123
- Morton 20129
- Norton 20137
- Osborne 20141
- Phillips 20147
- Rawlins 20153
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Russell 20167
- Scott 20171
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Jackson 27063
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- Sibley 27143
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Stevens 27149
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Hill 30041
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- McCone 30055
- Missoula 30063
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Teton 30099
- Toole 30101
- Valley 30105
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Banner 31007
- Blaine 31009
- Boone 31011
- Box Butte 31013
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Burt 31021
- Butler 31023
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Clay 31035
- Colfax 31037
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Garden 31069
- Garfield 31071
- Gosper 31073
- Grant 31075
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Logan 31113
- Morrill 31123
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Phelps 31137
- Platte 31141
- Red Willow 31145
- Rock 31149
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Thomas 31171
- Thurston 31173
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 3 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Beadle 46005
- Bennett 46007
- Brookings 46011
- Brown 46013
- Brule 46015
- Buffalo 46017
- Butte 46019
- Campbell 46021
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Dewey 46041
- Fall River 46047
- Faulk 46049
- Gregory 46053
- Haakon 46055
- Hamlin 46057
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Hyde 46069
- Jackson 46071
- Jerauld 46073
- Jones 46075
- Lake 46079
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- McCook 46087
- Meade 46093
- Mellette 46095
- Minnehaha 46099
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Roberts 46109
- Sanborn 46111
- Spink 46115
- Stanley 46117
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Turner 46125
- Union 46127
- Walworth 46129
- Yankton 46135
- Ziebach 46137
Wisconsin view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Buffalo 55011
- Calumet 55015
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Douglas 55031
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Jackson 55053
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SYOC ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2888632 ↗Record version
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