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    Epigaea repens, the mayflower, trailing arbutus, or ground laurel, is a low, spreading shrub in the family Ericaceae. It is found from Newfoundland to...
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    three species: Epigaea repens is listed as an endangered species in some U.S. states. The name Mayflower was in tradition given to E. repens by the Pilgrim...
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    the genera Epigaea, Arctostaphylos and Gaultheria were formerly classified in Arbutus. As a result of its past classification, Epigaea repens (mayflower)...
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    heaths such as teaberry (Gaultheria procumbens) and trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens). The evergreen great rhododendron (Rhododendron maximum) is characteristic...
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    sell the fruit of Vaccinium myrtilloides. They take an infusion of Epigaea repens leaves for kidney disorders and apply a poultice of the gum or needles...
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    Maryland Black-eyed susan Rudbeckia hirta 1918 Massachusetts Mayflower Epigaea repens 1918 Michigan Apple blossom (state flower) Malus 1897 Dwarf lake iris...
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  • Mayflower, Virginia Cardamine pratensis, mayflower or cuckoo-flower Epigaea repens, mayflower or trailing arbutus Maianthemum canadense, Canada mayflower...
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    (1877) mention among the Potawatomi doodems (clans) being: They regard Epigaea repens as their tribal flower and consider it to have come directly from their...
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    naturalized throughout the temperate climatic world. The "Mayflower" Epigaea repens is a North American harbinger of May, and the floral emblem of both...
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    Black spruce Newfoundland dog Atlantic puffin Nova Scotia Mayflower (Epigaea repens) Red spruce (Picea rubens) Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever dog Provincial...
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