Trailing Arbutus (Epigaea repens)

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This prostrate subshrub with thick evergreen leaves occurs throughout North Carolina except for the eastern third of the Coastal Plain.

Alleghany Co., NC 4/14/06.

	Trailing Arbutus is fairly common in the Mountains, uncommon elsewhere. Moore Co., NC 6/6/03.
	Showy white flowers appear in early spring. Orange Co., NC 3/30/05.
	The flowers range in color from pink to white. Orange Co., NC 3/30/05.
	Moore Co., NC 3/14/07.
	Moore Co., NC 3/14/07.