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PLANTS

Sweetgale

Myrica gale

Plants
NativeShrubPerennialBlue flowers
Sweetgale, photo 1 of 5
Sweetgale, In flower
Sweetgale, In fruit
1.8 mHeight

Perennial shrub reaching 1.8 m. Grows in forests and in thickets.

There are 1,766 observations of Sweetgale in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Estrie and Abitibi-Témiscamingue, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in July and August and become rare from October to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord409
  2. Estrie190
  3. Abitibi-Témiscamingue152
  4. Laurentides140
  5. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean139
  6. Nord-du-Québec121
  7. Capitale-Nationale115
  8. Outaouais113
  9. Lanaudière92
  10. Chaudière-Appalaches74
  11. Mauricie64
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent54
  13. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine42
  14. Montérégie36
  15. Montréal16
  16. Centre-du-Québec8
  17. Laval1

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
ThicketsNicholas A. Tonelli
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg

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