Gaultheria

Gaultheria spicy wintergreen

Wintergreens are low evergreen shrubs emitting a wintergreen scent when crushed or bruised. Leaves are toothed or entrie, dark green on upper surface when matured.  Flowers are regular and solitary in the leaf axils.  Fruit is a many-seeded berry.

Gaultheria hispidula (creeping snowberry) Plant is native to PA

Creeping snowberry is a trailing evergreen shrub …

Gaultheria procumbens (eastern teaberry) Plant is native to PA

Eastern teaberry is an aromatic, low evergreen …