IMPORTANT WESTERN BROWSE PLANTS 151 
S. vaccinioides 
S. oreophilus 
FicurE 39.—Three common western species of snowberry (Symphoricarpos) : Com- 
mon snowberry (S. albus), mountain snowberry (S. oreophilus), and whortle- 
leaf snowberry (S. vaccinioides). All are valuable browse plants, and the first 
A | two are also in ornamental cultivation 
make mountain snowberry one of the important western browse 
_ plants. } 
_ Common snowberry (S. albus, syn. S. racemosus) (fig. 39) is the 
most widely distributed species of the genus, ranging from the 
