Common snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus)

Also Known As: White coralberry, Snowberry
Plant Family: Honeysuckle (Caprifoliaceae)

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2009 Live Map - View

Did you Know? Some groups in the south used the branches of common snowberry to make brooms and hollowed out the twigs to make pipe stems. The hollow stems can also be used as whistles. The berries have been used to settle upset stomachs after too much fatty food. The berries were also used as treatment for burns, rashes, and sores. Common snowberry is very important as a browse for many types of wildlife and livestock. It provides food and shelter for various birds and small mammals. The berries and stems can be mildly toxic to children and even fatal to some animals.

Identification Hints: An unusual feature of common snowberry is its hollow stems. The flowers of common snowberry are pinkish-white and bell shaped. Creeping snowberry (Symphoricarpos molis) is very similar, however, as its name implies, it is a lower growing shrub with a spreading habit.

Phenological Observations of Interest: First Leaf, All Leaves Unfolded, First Flower, Full Flower, End of Flowering, First Ripe Fruit, 50% Color, 50% Leaf Fall

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2009 Live Map for Common snowberry

Below you can view the latest 100 observations that have been reported in 2009 for Common snowberry (If the map below is empty then there have not been any 2009 observations reported.)

Use the navigation buttons on the left to zoom in/out and pan around. Click on each place marker to get detail information about that observation.

= First Leaf
= All Leaves Unfolded
= First Flower
= Full Flower
= End of Flowering
= First Ripe Fruit
= 50% Color
= 50% Leaf Fall

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