Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Dipsacales > Caprifoliaceae > Symphoricarpos > Symphoricarpos oreophilusSymphoricarpos oreophilus (mountain snowberry; whortleleaf snowberry)Synonyms: Symphoricarpos montanus (heterotypic); Symphoricarpos oreophilus var. oreophilus; Symphoricarpos rotundifolius var. oreophilus Symphoricarpos oreophilus is a North American species of flowering plant in the Caprifoliaceae, or honeysuckle family, known by the common name mountain snowberry. It has a wide distribution in western Canada, the United States, and northwestern Mexico. It is found in mountainous areas such as the Cascades, the Sierra Nevada, the Rockies, and the Sierra Madre Occidental from British Columbia to the Copper Canyon region of Chihuahua, from the coastal states as far inland as the Black Hills, the Oklahoma Panhandle, and trans-Pecos Texas. |
Bloom Period [1] | Late Spring | Drought Tolerance [1] | High | Fire Tolerance [1] | High | Frost Free Days [1] | 3 months 10 days | Fruit/Seed Abundance [1] | Medium | Fruit/Seed Begin [1] | Summer | Fruit/Seed End [1] | Summer | Growth Form [1] | Rhizomatous | Growth Period [1] | Spring, Summer | Growth Rate [1] | Moderate | Leaf Type [2] | Deciduous | Lifespan [1] | Perennial | Propagation [1] | Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed | Root Depth [1] | 12 inches (30 cm) | Seed Spread Rate [1] | Slow | Seed Vigor [1] | Medium | Seeds Per [1] | 54738 / lb (120676 / kg) | Shape/Orientation [1] | Decumbent | Structure [2] | Shrub | Vegetative Spread Rate [1] | Moderate |  | Flower Color [1] | White | Foliage Color [1] | Green | Fruit Color [1] | White |  | Flower Conspicuous [1] | Yes | Fruit Conspicuous [1] | Yes |  | Height [1] | 4.92 feet (1.5 m) |  | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°) | Light Preference [1] | Mixed Sun/Shade | Soil Acidity [1] | Neutral | Soil Fertility [1] | Infertile | Water Use [1] | Low |  | Screening - Summer [1] | Dense | Screening - Winter [1] | Porous |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Tamias minimus, B. J. Verts and Leslie N. Carraway, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 653, pp. 110 (2001) |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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