Description: A low-growing evergreen shrub; native of western North America introduced both for game-cover and ornament. Occasionally encountered in semi-wild situations, but probably nowhere truly naturalized in Northern Ireland. Mostly found in old demesnes.

All names: Gaultheria shallon Pursh

Distribution Map from NBN: Gaultheria shallon at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Gaultheria shallon at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.