Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: White rounded cluster
• Leaves: oval with pointed tip, 6-9 prominent veins per side that never reach leaf’s edge, 2-6 inches long and 1 ½-4 inches wide
• Bark: twigs green-red/brown, older bark on lower stems green-brow/gray and rough
• Fruit/Seed: round berry, ¼ inch diameter, white or with blueish flush, cluster stalks dull red
• Height: 6-10 feet
• Flowering: June - July
• Habitat: upland deciduous and mixed forest, thickets, rocky slopes

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Leanne Wallis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Leanne Wallis
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
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