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Plant - summer Granite Mtn - Tr 40
Sue Smith | Leaves Mingus Mtn - Campground
Sue Smith | Leaves Granite Mtn - Tr 40
Sue Smith | Flowers Mingus Mtn
Sue Smith | Fruit Doug McMillan | Bark Granite Mtn - Tr 40
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Origin: Native Similar Species: Symphoricarpos rotundifolia
General Description: Deciduous. A low growing, erect or sometimes trailing mountain shrub with spreading to arching branches and white berry-like fruits.
Identification notes: Erect, much-branched shrub, twigs smooth. Older bark shreddy and peeling. Leaves opposite, oval with prominent veins. Funnel-like white to pink flowers solitary or in small terminal clusters, base swollen above stem. White berry-like fruit.
Height: 4-1/2 feet Width: 4 feet
Habitat Description: Found in mountain pine forests.
Plant Communities: Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 5500 - 9000 feet
Color: White to pinkish Shape: Regular, not in clusters
Tubular: Y Flowering Period: May - Aug
Description: Flowers slender, tubular to bell-shaped, 5 spreading lobes to 1/2 inch long. Petals white to pinkish; flowers often hairy in their throat.
Leaf Color: Dark green, grayish-green Type: Simple Shape: Round or oval Margin: Smooth Attachment: Opposite Hairs: Top and bottom of leaves
Description: Darker green, smooth above, grayish-green below, prominently veined, opposite, oval and thin to 1 inch long. Top of leaf usually slightly hairy. Underside of leaf has gray to whitish hairs.
Color: White Type: Berry-like Description: White, round berries are usually borne in pairs of 2, each containing 2 nutlets each.
Bark Color: Brown, gray Bark Texture (Mature): Shreddy or peeling Bark and Branch Description: Smooth light brown twigs turn darker brown or gray and shreddy and peeling with age.
Spines, thorns or prickles: N |
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