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alpine bearberry

Arctous alpina

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Russia.January 0, February 0, March 1, April 1, May 11, June 153, July 302, August 308, September 146, October 23, November 2, December 0.
United States22,890
Canada1,815
Russia947
Alaska545
Quebec404
Norway402
Murmansk Oblast273
Sweden226
Newfoundland and Labrador201
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug194

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Familyheath family · Ericaceae
Genusalpine bearberries · Arctous

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