See other conspecific taxa:

• Symphoricarpos albus var. albus (0 accessions)
• Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus (0 accessions)

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Symphoricarpos racemosus Michx.

Common names:

• common snowberry  (Source: NRCS Cons Pl Mat) - English
• snowberry  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• waxberry  (Source: Hortus 3) - English
• thin-leaved snowberry  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• symphorine blanche  (Source: Zander ed17) - French
• symphorine blanche  (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• gewöhnliche Schneebeere  (Source: Zander Ency) - German
• Knallerbsenstrauch  (Source: Zander Ency) - German

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control (for mine reclamation fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002) ornamental; revegetator (for mine reclamation fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002) wildlife habitat (for mine reclamation fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002)
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals; mammals

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Northwest Territories] United States [Alaska]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec, Ontario]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio (n.), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=36006. Accessed 20 May 2024.