White With Pink Flowering Salal - Gaultheria Shallon - Plant. White With Pink Flowers On A Leathery-Leaved Shrub In The Heather Family Ericaceae, Native To Western North America. In English, It Is Known As Salal, Shallon, Or Simply Gaultheria In Britain. It Is A Common Coniferous Forest Understory Species And May Dominate Large Areas With Its Spreading Rhizomes. In Coastal Areas, It May Form Dense, Nearly Impenetrable Thickets. Pacific Northwest, Olympic Peninsual. It Grows As Far North As Alaska.

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