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Snowberries - Photo (c) Leonora Enking, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) CC
Snowberries (Genus Symphoricarpos) Info
Symphoricarpos, commonly known as the snowberry, waxberry, or ghostberry, is a small genus of about 15 species of deciduous shrubs in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae. With the exception of the Chinese coralberry, S. sinensis, which is indigenous to western China, all species are native to North and Central America. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek words συμφορειν (symphorein), meaning "to bear together", and καρπος (karpos< (Wikipedia)
Wintergreens - Photo (c) Paloma Juliá, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Paloma Juliá CC
Wintergreens (Genus Gaultheria) Info
Gaultheria is a genus of about 135 species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae. The name commemorates Jean-François Gauthier of Quebec, an honour bestowed by the Scandinavian Pehr Kalm in 1748 and taken up by Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum. These plants are native to Asia, Australasia and North and South America. In the past, the Southern Hemisphere species were often treated as the separate genus Pernettya, but no consistent reliable morphological or genetic dif (Wikipedia)
Common Snowberry - Photo (c) Steve Kelley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steve Kelley CC
Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) Info
Symphoricarpos albus is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common name common snowberry. It is native to North America, where it occurs across much of Canada and the northern and western United States. (Wikipedia)
Snowberry Clearwing - Photo (c) tex-anne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by tex-anne CC
Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) Info
Hemaris diffinis, the snowberry clearwing, is a moth of the order Lepidoptera, family Sphingidae. This moth is sometimes called "hummingbird moth" or "flying lobster". This moth should not be confused with the hummingbird hawk-moth of Europe. (Wikipedia)
Western Snowberry - Photo (c) Larry Halverson, all rights reserved, uploaded by Larry Halverson C
Western Snowberry (Symphoricarpos occidentalis) Info
Symphoricarpos occidentalis, commonly called western snowberry or wolfberry, is a woody species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family. Wolfberry is not to be confused with the Lycium species of the same common name. (Wikipedia)
Creeping Snowberry - Photo (c) Tyler Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) CC
Creeping Snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula) Info
Gaultheria hispidula, commonly known as the creeping snowberry or moxie-plum, is a perennial spreading ground-level vine of the heath family Ericaceae native to North America that produces small white edible berries. It fruits from August to September. Its leaves and berries taste and smell like wintergreen. (Wikipedia)
Creeping Snowberry - Photo (c) siadawn, all rights reserved C
Creeping Snowberry (Symphoricarpos mollis) Info
Symphoricarpos mollis, with the common names creeping snowberry, Southern California snowberry, and trip vine, is a shrub in the Honeysuckle Family (Caprifoliaceae). It is found in western North America from British Columbia to California inland to Nevada and Idaho. (Wikipedia)
Roundleaf Snowberry - Photo (c) frenchlimonade, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by frenchlimonade CC
Roundleaf Snowberry (Symphoricarpos rotundifolius) Info
Symphoricarpos rotundifolius is a North American subshrub in the honeysuckle family, also known by the common name round-leaved snowberry. (Wikipedia)
West Indian Milkberry - Photo (c) Reinaldo Aguilar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) CC
West Indian Milkberry (Chiococca alba) Info
Chiococca alba is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family, Rubiaceae native to Florida and the extreme southern tip of Texas in the United States, Bermuda, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, the Galápagos, and tropical South America. Common names include David's milkberry, West Indian milkberry, cahinca and West Indian snowberry. The specific epithet, alba, means "white" in Latin and refers to the color of its fruits. (Wikipedia)
Rocky Mountain Clearwing - Photo (c) Ryan Shaw, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) CC
Rocky Mountain Clearwing (Hemaris thetis) Info
The Rocky Mountain clearwing or California clearwing (Hemaris thetis) is a moth of the family Sphingidae. It is found from Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah west to California and north to British Columbia. The habitat consists of streamsides and meadows in mountainous areas. (Wikipedia)
Bush Snowberry - Photo (c) Maurice, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Maurice CC
Bush Snowberry (Gaultheria antipoda) Info
Gaultheria antipoda, is a shrub in the family Ericaceae, native to New Zealand. G. antipoda is an upright or spreading shrub that grows to 1–2 metres high. The leaves are 5–15 mm long, and are leathery, shiny, with small serrations. G. antipoda flowers around November, followed by white to red berries in late summer and autumn. Common names include snowberry and fools beech. (Wikipedia)
Mountain Snowberry - Photo (c) Nuytsia@Tas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) CC
Mountain Snowberry (Gaultheria depressa) Info
Gaultheria depressa, commonly known as the mountain snow berry or alpine wax berry, is a small ground hugging shrub of the heath family Ericaceae native to rocky alpine areas of Tasmania, Australia, and New Zealand. (Wikipedia)
Vashti Sphinx - Photo (c) Logan Crees, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Logan Crees CC
Vashti Sphinx (Sphinx vashti) Info
Sphinx vashti, the Vashti sphinx, is a member of the family Sphingidae of moths. It is found in North America from British Columbia east to Manitoba, south to southern California, Nevada, central Arizona, New Mexico and western Texas. (Wikipedia)
Pink Snowberry - Photo (c) Juan Carlos López Domínguez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Juan Carlos López Domínguez CC
Pink Snowberry (Symphoricarpos microphyllus) Info
Symphoricarpos microphyllus, the pink snowberry, is a North American species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Chihuahua to Chiapas, and found also in Guatemala, Honduras, and the US State of New Mexico. (Wikipedia)
Fragrant Snowberry - Photo (c) Jim Morefield, some rights reserved (CC BY) CC
Fragrant Snowberry (Symphoricarpos longiflorus) Info
Symphoricarpos longiflorus is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common names desert snowberry and fragrant snowberry. It is native to the western United States from the Great Basin to western Texas, as well as northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Baja California). (Wikipedia)
Australian Crabapple - Photo (c) Luis Webber, all rights reserved, uploaded by Luis Webber C
Australian Crabapple (Schizomeria ovata) Info
Schizomeria ovata, a medium to large Australian rainforest tree, is widespread in warm-temperate rainforest in coastal New South Wales north from Narooma (36° S) and southern Queensland south from Fraser Island (25° S). It is also found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. (Wikipedia)
Copperleaf Snowberry - Photo (c) Fiona Walsh, all rights reserved, uploaded by Fiona Walsh C
Copperleaf Snowberry (Gaultheria hispida) Info
Gaultheria hispida, the snow berry, is a shrub native to rainforest, wet sclerophyll forest, sub-alpine heath of Tasmania, Australia. (Wikipedia)