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Symphoricarpos<\/font><\/i> <\/font>albus<\/font><\/i> <\/font>(L.) S.F.Blake<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/a>, Rhodora 16: 118 1914<\/i>. (syn: Lonicera<\/font><\/i> <\/font>alba<\/font><\/i> <\/font>(L.) Druce<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/a>; Symphoricarpos<\/font><\/i> <\/font>albus<\/font><\/i> <\/font>var.<\/font><\/span> <\/font>albus<\/font><\/i> <\/font><\/span><\/a>; Vaccinium<\/font><\/i> <\/font>album<\/font><\/i> <\/font>L.<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/a>; Xylosteon<\/font><\/i> <\/font>album<\/font><\/i> <\/font>(L.) Moldenke<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/a>) ;<\/div>\n
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Symphoricarpos albus<\/i> is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family<\/font><\/a> known by the common name common snowberry<\/b>. It is native to <\/font>North America<\/font><\/a>, where it occurs across much of <\/font>Canada<\/font><\/a> and the northern and western United States.[<\/font>2<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup>[<\/font>3<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup><\/font><\/div>\n

Symphoricarpos albus<\/i> grows in shady and moist mountain and forest habitat, in woodlands and on <\/font>floodplains<\/font><\/a> and riverbanks. It can grow in a wide variety of habitat types.[<\/font>4<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup> It is <\/font>naturalized<\/font><\/a> in parts of Britain, where it has been planted as an <\/font>ornamental<\/font><\/a> and a cover for <\/font>game<\/font><\/a>.[<\/font>5<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup><\/font><\/div>\n
Symphoricarpos albus<\/i> is an erect, <\/font>deciduous<\/font><\/a> <\/font>shrub<\/font><\/a>, producing a stiff, branching main stem and often several smaller shoots from a <\/font>rhizome<\/font><\/a>. It can spread and colonize an area to form a dense thicket.[<\/font>4<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup> It reaches 1\u20132\u00a0m (3.3\u20136.6\u00a0ft) in maximum height. Leaves are oppositely arranged on the spreading branches. They are generally oval, differing in size and shape, and up to 5\u00a0cm (2.0\u00a0in) long, or slightly larger on the shoots. The <\/font>inflorescence<\/font><\/a> is a <\/font>raceme<\/font><\/a> of up to 16 flowers. Each flower has a small, five-toothed calyx of <\/font>sepals<\/font><\/a>. The bell-shaped, rounded corolla is about 0.5\u00a0cm (0.20\u00a0in) long and bright pink in color. It has pointed lobes at the mouth and the inside is filled with white hairs. The fruit is a fleshy white <\/font>berry<\/font><\/a>-like <\/font>drupe<\/font><\/a> about a centimeter wide which contains two seeds. The plant sometimes reproduces via seed but it is primarily <\/font>vegetative<\/font><\/a>, reproducing by sprouting from its spreading rhizome.[<\/font>4<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup> Birds <\/font>disperse<\/font><\/a> the seeds after they eat the fruit.[<\/font>4<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup><\/font><\/div>\n
This shrub is an important food source for a number of animals, including <\/font>bighorn sheep<\/font><\/a>, <\/font>white-tailed deer<\/font><\/a>, and <\/font>grizzly bears<\/font><\/a>.[<\/font>4<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup> Livestock such as <\/font>cattle<\/font><\/a> and <\/font>sheep<\/font><\/a> readily browse it.[<\/font>4<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup> Many birds and small mammals use it for food and cover.[<\/font>4<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup> <\/font>Pocket gophers<\/font><\/a> dig burrows underneath it during the winter.[<\/font>4<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup><\/font><\/div>\n
Native Americans<\/font><\/a> used the plant as a medicine and a <\/font>soap<\/font><\/a>, and sometimes for food, and the wood was good for <\/font>arrow<\/font><\/a> shafts.[<\/font>4<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup> In Russia, the berries are crushed in the hands and rubbed about for a soothing folk-remedy hand lotion.<\/font><\/div>\n
This shrub is used for <\/font>erosion<\/font><\/a> control in riparian areas, and it is planted in <\/font>ecological restoration<\/font><\/a> projects on disturbed sites such as abandoned mines.[<\/font>4<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup><\/font> <\/div>\n
Its white fruits and blue-green foliage made it popular as an <\/font>ornamental plant<\/font><\/a> [<\/font>4<\/font>]<\/font><\/a><\/sup> planted around old houses of the 1890’s through the 1920’s like with the Vanhoutte Spirea or Bridalwreath. It is still sold by some large diverse conventional nurseries and native plant nurseries, and occasionally found in modern landscapes. It grows in full sun to full light shade and a well-drained soil that is slightly acid to well alkaline, pH range of about 6.0 to 8.5. it is easy to transplant with its fibrous, shallow root system. Good for USDA hardiness zones of 2 to 7.<\/font><\/div>\n
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Plant for ID-PC-33-26.08.2015<\/font><\/a> : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments<\/span> (<\/font>6<\/font>)<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
please identify the plant in picture. It from the park where I use to go for morning walk.<\/p>\n
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From Warshaw, Poland.<\/font> <\/p>\n
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My guess is Lonicera<\/i>.<\/p>\n
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Is it Symphorecarpus<\/i>? it is shrub and used as hedge plant also.<\/font><\/p>\n
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Symphoricarpos<\/i>, commonly known as the snowberry<\/b>, waxberry<\/b>, or ghostberry<\/b>,<\/p>\n
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Probably Symphoricarpos albus<\/i> or a hybrid of it.<\/p>\n
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Seems to match what … has stated.<\/p>\n
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Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S.F.Blake, Rhodora 16: 118 1914. (syn: Lonicera alba (L.) Druce; Symphoricarpos albus var. albus ; Vaccinium album L.; Xylosteon album (L.) Moldenke) ; Images by Promila (ID by Alastair Culham) Symphoricarpos albus is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common name…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[9089],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1415190","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-symphoricarpos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1415190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1415190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1415190"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1415190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}