common snowberry
symphoricarpos albus latin

Common snowberry is a popular ornamental shrub in gardens, grown for its decorative white fruit and wildlife gardening.

Symphoricarpos albus is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common name common snowberry.

Douglas-fir and quaking aspen are found in similar environments throughout the forest with understories of low shrubs, such as common snowberry and white spirea.

Common Snowberry (S. albus) is an important winter food source for quail, pheasant, and grouse, but is considered poisonous to humans.

In the slightly moister ponderosa pine forests grasses such as pinegrass are found with a cover of shrubs including white spirea, common snowberry, and mallow ninebark.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Symphoricarpos species, including Symphoricarpos albus.

The larva feed on Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) and Coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus)