Description
Bundle of 10
At a Glance: Twinberry is an erect to straggly green shrub that likes moist forest, clearings, streamside habitats, swamps and thickets. It grows from 1.5’ to 10’.
Leaves: Short-stalked, somewhat elliptical to broadly lance-shaped leaves grow opposite and are pointed, often hairy beneath.
Flowers: Yellow, tubular, 5-lobed flowers grow in pairs in leaf axils, cupped by large, green to purplish bracts.
Fruit: shiny black ‘twin’ berries are cupped by 2 pairs of deep purplish-maroon bracts.
Growing Conditions:
| Sun/Shade Tolerance | Hydrology | Elevation Range |
| Most sun 60%-80%
Part sun/shade 40%-60%
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Moist
Wet
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Low elevations
Mid elevations Sub-alpine elevations
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References:
MacKinnon, A., Pojar, J., & Alaback, P. B. (1994). Plants of the Pacific Northwest coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska. Richmond, Wash: Lone Pine Publishing.
