Summary
Place of publication:
Rhodora 16:118. 1914
Verified:
05/20/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous
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Common names
English
common snowberry – snowberry – waxberry – English (Canada)
thin-leaved snowberry – French
symphorine blanche – French (Canada)
symphorine blanche – German
gewöhnliche Schneebeere – Knallerbsenstrauch –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Québec | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | North Dakota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | South Dakota | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maine | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Hampshire | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | n. |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Rhode Island | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Vermont | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Idaho | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Montana | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Oregon | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Washington | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Northwestern U.S.A. | United States | Wyoming | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southwestern U.S.A. | United States | California | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | Canada | Northwest Territories | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Subarctic America | United States | Alaska | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Alberta | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | British Columbia | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Saskatchewan | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
| 4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
Native
Northern America
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SUBARCTIC AMERICA:
Canada [Northwest Territories], United States [Alaska]
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [Québec, Ontario]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio (n.), Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
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NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
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SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States [California]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
(natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | erosion control | for mine reclamation fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002 | Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976) |
| Environmental | revegetator | for mine reclamation fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002 | Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators |
| Environmental | wildlife habitat | for mine reclamation fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 2002 | Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning Note: poisonous |
| Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=36006.
Accessed 10 May 2025.