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Snowberries Gaultheria

This hub compares 8 species records. Across all 8 records, it carries 27 evidence rows from 15 distinct cited sources. The species split is 3 fire-resistant, 1 keep-away, and 4 awaiting directional evidence. The species records remain separate: their evidence does not become one verdict for the genus.

Fire-resistant: 3 species

eastern teaberry Fire-resistant Gaultheria procumbens Consensus · 7 sources Zones 4–4
salal Fire-resistant Gaultheria shallon Consensus · 6 sources Zones 6–8
western teaberry Fire-resistant Gaultheria ovatifolia Limited evidence · 1 source

Keep away: 1 species

Mountain Snowberry Keep away Gaultheria depressa Limited evidence · 9 sources

Awaiting evidence: 4 species

bush snowberry Awaiting evidence Gaultheria antipoda Mid-scale score · 1 source
Gaultheria rupestris Awaiting evidence Gaultheria rupestris Mid-scale score · 1 source
Prostrate snowberry Awaiting evidence Gaultheria macrostigma Mid-scale score · 1 source
Scarlet snowberry Awaiting evidence Gaultheria crassa Mid-scale score · 1 source

About snowberries

Directory notes

Plant forms recorded in this group: shrub, groundcover. The records span published USDA zones 4–8. These are record-level fields, not a whole-genus flammability claim.

More about Gaultheria: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.

Where rated snowberries grow

Tagged as growing in 32 states.

See Gaultheria on Grow → · JSON