Creeping Snowberry

Gaultheria hispidula

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Gaultheria hispidula, commonly known as the Creeping Snowberry or Moxie-Plum, is a spreading ground-level vine of the heath family Ericaceae native to North America that produces small white edible berries. It fruits from August to September. Its leaves and berries taste and smell like wintergreen.

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  1. (c) Superior National Forest, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/53801642@N06/5097903012
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaultheria_hispidula

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