Details for: PI 551340, Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S. F. Blake, 'Snowbar'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S. F. Blake

Cultivar:

'Snowbar'

Origin:

Collected – Washington, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

01 Aug 1991

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Life Habit:

Shrub

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S. F. Blake

Cultivar:

'Snowbar'

Origin:

Collected – Washington, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

01 Aug 1991

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Life Habit:

Shrub

Source History

Collected

October 1973.
Washington, United States
Locality: Near Tonasket, Okanogan County.
Coordinates: 48.7047, -119.4378 (Map it)
Elevation: 671m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined from GIS
Comment: Lat/lon accurate to Tonasket.
Collector(s):

Franklin, Gordon, USDA-NRCS

Donated

01 August 1991.
Washington, United States
Comment: Received through National Plant Materials Center, USDA-SCS, B-509, BARC-East, Beltsville, MD 20705
Donor(s):

USDA, SCS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Snowbar'

Type: Cultivar name

9020475

Type: Donor identifier

Group: NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service

T20475

Type: Donor identifier

Group: NRCS

Natural Resources Conservation Service

Okanogan Selection

Type: Other or unclassified name

SYAL

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Small, erect, deciduous shrub. 130 cm high and 120 cm in diameter when mature. Stems stiff and finely branched. Canopy with 115 cm. Flowers pinkish-white, perfectly bell-shaped, and approximately 0.5 cm in diameter in spring. Snow-white fruit produced in late summer and fall, drupe, and reach 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves average 3.5 cm long and 2.7 cm wide. Produces numerous stems, leaves, and fruit. Recommended for use as an understory plant with other shrubs and trees in conservation plantings, hilltop snowbreaks, eyebrow plantings, wildlife food and cover, and along roads and highways for plant diversity. Partial shade tolerance. Wide range of adaptability on silt loam soils with a minimum of 16 inches mean annual precipitation. Also grows in moderately shallow, sandy, gravelly soils. Hardiness: Zones 5 to 6.

Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S. F. Blake

Genus:

Symphoricarpos

Family:

Caprifoliaceae

Subfamily:

Caprifolioideae

Nomen number:

36006

Place of publication:

Rhodora 16:118. 1914

Verified:

05/20/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S. F. Blake var. albus (0 active accession[s])
Symphoricarpos albus (L.) S. F. Blake var. laevigatus (Fernald) S. F. Blake (2 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Symphoricarpos racemosus Michx.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	common snowberry		1	Englert, J. M. et al. 2002. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
English	snowberry		1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	waxberry		1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English (Canada)	thin-leaved snowberry	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 234.
French	symphorine blanche		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
French (Canada)	symphorine blanche	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 234.
German	gewöhnliche Schneebeere		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
German	Knallerbsenstrauch		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen

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