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bunchberry

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bunch·ber·ry  (bnchbr)
n.

bunchberry [ˈbʌntʃˌbɛrɪ]
n pl -ries
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a dwarf variety of dogwood native to North America, Cornus canadensis, having red berries
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Noun1.bunchberry - creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shootsbunchberry - creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots; Greenland to Alaska
cornel, dogwood, dogwood tree - a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers


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Another of the berry plants is the bunchberry which is a little plant, growing no more than six inches in height, primarily in moist, cool woods.
The trail begins amid woodland wildflowers - queens cup, vanilla leaf, bunchberry and star-flowered Solomon's seal.
The climb to the first lookout takes about 25 minutes, mostly uphill, through an open forest fragrant with balsam, with bunchberry, starflower and clintonia blooms in the spring giving way to pink wood sorrel in the summer.
 
 
 
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