genus
Snowberries
Gaultheria
Field notes
Children
- Salal native
- Eastern Teaberry native
- Creeping Snowberry native
- Cacalote present
- Prickly Heath
- Slender Wintergreen native
- Mountain Snowberry present
- Scarlet Snowberry
- Gaultheria borneensis present
- Borrachera Fruit
- Gaultheria leucocarpa
- Copperleaf Snowberry
- Alpine Wintergreen native
- Gaultheria rupestris
- Huedhued
- Japanese Wintergreen
- Gaultheria pseudonotabilis
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native snowberries All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Salal
Gaultheria shallon
caterpillars
7
food
5
flowers
14
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Slender Wintergreen
Gaultheria ovatifolia
caterpillars
3
food
1
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Alpine Wintergreen
Gaultheria humifusa
caterpillars
3
food
1
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Eastern Teaberry
Gaultheria procumbens
caterpillars
1
food
9
flowers
6
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Creeping Snowberry
Gaultheria hispidula
caterpillars
1
food
4
flowers
5