mountain snowberry
Caprifoliaceae (Valerian family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
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Distribution of Symphoricarpos oreophilus
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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Species Information
General:
Deciduous, erect shrub, 0.5-1.5 m tall; twigs hairy to glabrous.
Leaves:
Opposite, on stalks 1-4 mm long, egg-shaped to elliptic, 1-5 cm long, 0.5-2.5 cm wide, entire, glabrous or hairy.
Fruits:
Berrylike drupes, white, broadly ellipsoid, 7-10 mm long; nutlets 2, each with 1 seed.
USDA Species Characteristics
Flower Colour:
White
Blooming Period:
Late Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: White
Present over the Summer
Source: The USDA
Ecology
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1060 | 780 | 1460 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
37 | 0 | 65 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
183 | 86 | 245 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 1 | 4 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
8 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
IDF | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
IDF(6), PP(2) | ||
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Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Dry meadows, grasslands, shrublands, rocky slopes and forest openings in the steppe to subalpine zones; locally common in extreme SC BC; S to NM, CA and N MX.Taxonomic Keys
KEY TO SYMPHORICARPOS
1. Stems trailing and rooting at the nodes, the branches rising less than 50 cm................S. hesperius
1. Stems erect, more or less branching, 0.3-3 m tall.
2. Corollas relatively short and wide, the lobes nearly equalling the tubes.
3. Styles short, not exserted from the corolla tube, glabrous. |