common snowberry

(Symphoricarpos albus var. albus)

Conservation Status
common snowberry
 
  IUCN Red List

not listed

     
  NatureServe

NNR - Unranked

SNR - Unranked

     
  Minnesota

not listed

     
           
Wetland Indicator Status
     
  Great Plains

UPL - Obligate upland

     
  Midwest

FACU - Facultative upland

     
  Northcentral & Northeast

FACU - Facultative upland

     
           
 
Description
 
 

 

 
     
 

Height

 
 

4 to 40

 
     
 

Flower Color

 
 

Whitish to pink

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
     
     
 
Habitat
 
 

Dry. Open-canopy forests, savannas, barrens. Full to partial sun.

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Flowering

 
 

Mid-June to mid-July

 
     
 

Pests and Diseases

 
 

 

 
     
 
Use
 
 

 

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 24, 28, 29, 30.

 
  8/29/2022      
         
 

Nativity

 
 

Native

 
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

 

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Plantae (green algae and land plants)  
  Subkingdom Viridiplantae (green plants)  
  Infrakingdom Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)  
  Superdivision Embryophyta (land plants)  
  Division Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  
  Subdivision Spermatophytina (seed plants)  
  Class Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)  
  Subclass Caryophyllidae  
  Superorder Asteranae  
 

Order

Dipsacales (honeysuckles, moschatels, and allies)  
 

Family

Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle)  
  Subfamily Caprifolioideae  
 

Genus

Symphoricarpos (snowberries)  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
   
       
 

Synonyms

 

Symphoricarpos albus var. pauciflorus

Symphoricarpos pauciflorus

Symphoricarpos racemosus

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

common snowberry

snowberry

thin-leaved snowberry

waxberry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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Luciearl

 
 

Finding more snowberries this year than ever before.

 
    common snowberry   common snowberry  
           
 

The berries are eaten quickly, so feel lucky when I find a few.

 
    common snowberry   common snowberry  
           
 
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Plant

 
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Leaves

 
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Stem

 
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Infructescence

 
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Fruit

 
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Symphoricarpos albus
Susanne Wiik
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About

Krattsnøbær, snowberry

 
Symphoricarpos albus (Common Snowberry)
Allen Chartier
  Symphoricarpos albus (Common Snowberry)  

 

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  Luciearl
8/29/2022

Location: Fairview Twp, Cass County

Finding more snowberries this year than ever before.

common snowberry  
  Luciearl
September 2021

Location: Fairview Twp, Cass County

The berries are eaten quickly, so feel lucky when I find a few.

common snowberry  
           
 
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