Checkerberry or Creeping Wintergreen

Gaultheria procumbens
Checkerberry or Creeping Wintergreen
Type: 
Vines and Groundcovers
Height (low): 
1
Height (high): 
1
Distribution: 
east
Habitat: 
Acidic soils, slopes
Features: 
Creeping, evergreen woody groundcover. Leaves turns reddish white in fall, red fruit persists.
Availability: 
trade
Flower Season: 
summer
Flower Color: 
pink
Fall Color: 
red