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Common Snowberry vs Western ChokecherrySymphoricarpos albus Prunus virginiana var. demissa NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON NOT AVAILABLE THIS SEASON 
Common Snowberry is a small deciduous shrub with characteristic white to pink flowers and clusters of white fruit.
Western Chokecherry is a shrub or small tree commonly used for farmstead and field windbreaks. COMMON SNOWBERRY QUICK FACTSWESTERN CHOKECHERRY QUICK FACTS
Spread:
5 m (16 ft)
Fall colour:
reddish-purple
Berries:
white waxy berry-like drupes
Berries:
edible small berries that can be used for making jelly and wine
Flowers:
pink to white flowers in spring
Bark:
red-brown shredded bark
Growth rate:
fast
Growth rate:
fast
Maintenance:
low
Maintenance:
low
Pollution tolerance:
medium
Pollution tolerance:
medium
Toxicity: berries toxic to humans Toxicity: toxic to animals with segmented stomachs (horses, cattle, deer moose, etc.)
Other Names:
common snowberry
Other Names:
bitter-berry, chokecherry, common chokecherry, virginia bird berry
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