Gaultheria ovatifolia

Gaultheria ovatifolia

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Gaultheria
Species:	G. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Dicotyledons, or "dicots", is a name for a group of Flowering plants whose Seed typically has two embryonic leaves or Cotyledons There The Ericales are a large and diverse order of Dicotyledons including for example Tea, Persimmon, Blueberry, Brazil nut, and The Plant family Ericaceae (also called the heath family or ericaceous plants) are mostly lime -hating ( Calcifuge) Gaultheria is a genus of about 170-180 species of Shrubs in the family Ericaceae. ovatifolia

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Gaultheria ovatifolia
Gray

Gaultheria ovatifolia is a species of shrub in the heath family which is known by the common names western teaberry and Oregon spicy wintergreen. Asa Gray ( November 18, 1810 - January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century A shrub or Bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of Woody plant, distinguished from a Tree The Plant family Ericaceae (also called the heath family or ericaceous plants) are mostly lime -hating ( Calcifuge) It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in high mountain forests. British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. This is a small, low shrub with stems only about 35 centimeters in maximum length. The pointed, oval-shaped leaves are 2 to 3 centimeters long and green. The plant bears small, solitary bell-shaped flowers in shades of white to very light pink with reddish bracts. In Botany, a bract is a modified or specialized Leaf. Bracts are ordinarily associated with reproductive structures (subtending Flowers Inflorescence The flowers hang like tiny bells. The fruit is a red berrylike capsule. It was a food for the Hoh and Quileute of the Pacific Northwest. Hoh is a Native American tribe in western Washington state in the United States. The Quileute is a Native American people in western Washington state in the United States, currently numbering approximately 750 The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America (the term refers to the land not the ocean

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