[Snowberries West of the Cascade Mountains]

Common Snowberry, Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus

Synonyms: Symphoricarpos albus ssp. laevigatus, Symphoricarpos rivularis

Stem tip cluster of flowers and leaves of Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus (Synonyms: Symphoricarpos albus ssp. laevigatus, Symphoricarpos rivularis)

A close-up of the stem tip cluster of flowers and leaves of common snowberry as seen at Kingston Prairie Nature Preserve to the southeast of Salem, OR.....................June 2006.

White berries of Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus (Synonyms: Symphoricarpos albus ssp. laevigatus, Symphoricarpos rivularis) - White berries of Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus (Synonyms: Symphoricarpos albus ssp. laevigatus, Symphoricarpos rivularis) - White berry of Common Snowberry: Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus (Synonyms: Symphoricarpos albus ssp. laevigatus, Symphoricarpos rivularis)

Close-ups of the poisonous, white berries of the common snowberry as seen along the Springwater Trail about one and one-half miles east of Gresham, OR..............September 24, 2010 and October 11, 2010 (photo at right).

Paul Slichter