I have seen a lot of snowberry around the sesattle area and beyond, but it was more distinguishable in the winter when very few other plants had leaves. In the spring, when everything else is leafed out, one must pay closer attention to the shape of the leaves. Though I identified the shrub based on its very round, toothed leaves, I noted that there were no berries on any of the shrubs. Perhaps the final one were plucked off at the end of winter. Or perhaps they fall off the shrub at a certain point?
Symphoricarpos is a small genus of about 15 species of deciduous shrubs in the family Caprifoliaceae. All but one are natives of North America and Central America; the one remaining is from western China. Its common names in English are Snowberry and Waxberry. It is a member of the Honeysuckle Family, the Caprifoliaceae.
