Steve`s Country
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Steve And Muffin’s Wildflowers #36.
Hi everyone! Today’s wildflower is the “Bearberry”. This is a widespread native wildflower known by many different names depending on different parts of the country. Some names are Kinnikinnik, barren myrtle, mountain box, and bear’s whortle berry. Even the nice red berries it produces come with different names as well. It is a low woody shrub, only 4 to 8 inches (10 to 20cm) tall, but can spread out to produce a mat of plants 3 feet (90cm) across. It likes sunny to partial shady areas and rocky or sandy soils. Around here it is usually found on the rocky granite hills in areas with pine trees. The flowers are pink to white in color and hang like little bells with the bottom barely open. They produce a nice hard red berry, quite dry. The leaves stay on the plant year round, are a light green in spring, dark green in summer and a burgundy red in fall and winter. They bloom in May and June and are found across Canada and most of the US except from Kansas to Texas and across to the east coast. I hope you all have a great day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
©2021 Steve McLeod.
Steve`s Country 
What an interesting name 😉 Have a wonderful day you two! 😻
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Apparently bears like these berries! Thanks Ribana! Have a great evening!😀😻🌞
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Very nice info! Kinnikinnik is a fun name, and the others are amusing. Thanks for the teaching moments!
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Not sure how I missed this one, good thing I like to check in the evening. Yes, I like that Kinnikinnik name too but I really have to think when I’m spelling it!😂😹
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Kinny who? 😂🤣😂😹
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Oh, Kinny, a new name!😂😹
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Berry berryinteresting!😁😊😉😉🤭🤭🤭
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I think that should be Beary!😂😹🐻😳
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Okay! I agree😁
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😁😁🐻😳
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I can tell that you weren’t expecting that!!😂😂😂😂
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I expect everything! Mostly.😳🙄
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I’m not sure how to take that!🤔🤔🙄🙄
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That’s okay, crumple it up and toss it away!
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Okay! Your advice has always been effective so I’m gonna do it!😁😁😉😊
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I haven’t been elected for anything.🤔🤔
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Affective not elective!!🤨 are you sure you’re still awake??
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Oh, that’s different. Of course I’m awake. If I wasn’t, then I wouldn’t be. Right?🤔😳
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It would be most difficult for me to tell🙄🙄😛
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That makes three of us.🤔🤯
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Well.. Muffin could tell..
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She’s still having her daytime nap.
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She’s sooo fortunate!!😴😴
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It’s too hot for her, so she sleeps all day and stays up all night when it’s cooler.
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She’s smart! Why don’t you do that?🙄🙄
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I have been thinking about it, but I wouldn’t get many pictures staying up at night.
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Thats true… good point!
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Thank you.
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Ah huh nice try!😛
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🤣🤣🤣🤣
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bear berry🤔 looks more like a popping flower, we have a flower that we can press and it will make a pop sound 😁 very close looking 😺☺️
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We have popping flowers too, but different than these, but they make that pop sound.😁😹
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So we do have a common popping flower 😍🤗 Good Night Steve 💐
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That is a strange name and I did wonder whether bears liked to eat them…and you gave the info that they did ! Have a good and restful sleep ! And Muffin too ! 😻😴🙂🍓🍓🍓🍓
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Very nutritious berries apparently, kinda dry and hard though. Muffin has slept all day! Too hot for her, so she stays up all night. Not a bad idea really. Have a good night too!😀😻🌞🌙😴😴
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Another cool one
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Thanks Mr. Ohh!
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You are welcome
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