Stats

Lifespan: Perennial shrub
Size: Small
Diet: Photosynthetic
Biome: Temperate woodland
Range: North America
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Seeds
Defense: Toxins
Status: Common

About

A deciduous shrub with arching branches that produce clusters of small pink flowers followed by dense clumps of magenta-purple berries lasting into winter. The tightly packed fruit clusters along the stems give the plant its coral-like appearance and its common name.

Life cycle

1.
seed
A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2.
sprout
A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3.
sapling
A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4.
mature
Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Symphoricarpos
Species: Symphoricarpos orbiculatus