| Scientific Name: | Myrica gale |
| Common Name: | bog myrtle, sweet gale |
| Family Name: | Myricaceae |
| Origin: | Canada - eastern, Europe, U.S. - northeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Fragrance, Medicinal plant, Native planting, Reclamation, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Bog |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Spiraled, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Distinctive smell, Oblanceolate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Green-yellow, Brown, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Yellow, Green-yellow, Brown, Sep, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, oblanceolate, 2-5cm long x 1-1.5cm wide, margin toothed towards the apex; male and female catkins on separate plants appear before the leaves, Mar-Apr. | |