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What is a bunchberry?

What is a bunchberry? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Either of two species of dwarf dogwoods: Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry or eastern bunchberry; Cornus suecica - Eurasian bunchberry or northern bunchberry.
  2. The fruit of either of these plants.
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Nature makes use of bunchberry, ferns, sweet woodruff, and European or wild ginger in shady areas.
Scientifically, bunchberry is Cornus canadensis while our other friend is Maianthemum canadense, both obviously very patriotic plants, growing right across the country.
It seemed quite natural then to find adder's-tongue and to see wake-robins and bunchberry everywhere.
American dogwoods include the miner's dogwood, C. sessilis, whose fruits are sweet when fully ripe, and the less flavourful bunchberry, C. canadensis.
Faster than a Venus Flytrap snapping shut, the bunchberry dogwood's acceleration is about 800 times the force astronauts go through on take-off.
The rapid opening of the bunchberry is thought to enhance cross-pollination in two ways.

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