PLANTS Profile for Gaultheria hispidula (creeping snowberry)

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Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow
creeping snowberry

Symbol:

GAHI2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Photo of Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow

Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow

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Synonyms:
Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow

CHHI6

Chiogenes hispidula (L.) Torr. & A. Gray

Distribution:
Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, ID, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 6 species in Gaultheria

Classification:
Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Gaultheria L. – snowberry
Species	Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow – creeping snowberry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
creeping snowberry		Threatened
Maryland:
creeping snowberry		Endangered
New Jersey:
creeping-snowberry		Endangered
Ohio:
creeping snowberry		Presumed Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
creeping snowberry		Rare
Rhode Island:
creeping snowberry		Threatened
Washington:
creeping snowberry		Sensitive

Wetland Indicator Status:
Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Gaultheria hispidula (L.) Muhl. ex Bigelow

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23653.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 04:39 AM MDT