Botanical Name: Myrica gale. Other Common Names: Sweet gale, candle berry, Porsch (German), galè odorant (French), arrayán brabántico (Spanish), mjaðarlyng (Icelandic), pors (Danish). Habitat: The plant is endemic to northern and western Europe and can also be found in some parts of northern North America. Description: Bog myrtle is a small flowering shrub that can grow up to 2 meters tall. It is found in bogs, marshes, fens and wet heathland but because of loss of habitat, the plant has become endangered in many places. The leaves are gray-green, spirally arranged and oblanceolate with a tapered base and broader tip,