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Family: Caprifoliaceae<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common name: Common snowberry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E-flora BC: https:\/\/linnet.geog.ubc.ca\/Atlas\/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Symphoricarpos%20albus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wikipedia: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Symphoricarpos_albus<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common snowberry belongs to the family Caprifoliaceae, like its family members the honeysuckles<\/a>, common snowberry is characterized by smooth round stems, oppositely arranged leaves, and clustered flowers and fruit . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Common snowberry is a delicate plant with thin stems, but it can form large, tangled thickets in open woods. The plant can spread vegetatively via rhizomes (underground stems). This photo was taken at Pipers Lagoon park. The tree trunks in the background are Douglas-firs<\/a>. Photo credit: Lynda Stevens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If we’re hasty, we might mistake snowberry for red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium<\/a><\/em>) – both have delicate foliage and thin stems. But look at the leaf arrangement, and inspect the stem closely: snowberry has opposite leaf arrangement and smooth, round stems; red huckleberry has alternate leaf arrangement and green, sharp-ridged stems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snowberry leaves are elliptic to oval in shape (but see below too!), they are arranged oppositely along the stem. The stem itself is smooth and round. Photo credit: Lynda Stevens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n