Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White simple shaped, 5 petals
• Leaves: alternately arranged, 4-11 inches long and wide, 5 pointed lobes, palmate veins, base heart-shaped to deeply cleft, edges finely double-toothed
• Bark: gray-brown, smooth, sheds
• Fruit/Seed: round clustered berry, ½-3/4 inch diameter, pale pink to salmon colored to bright red
• Height: 3-6 feet
• Flowering: June - July
• Habitat: open woods, woodland edges, forest clearings, thickets, stream banks
• Other: Berries mushy and bland tasting

Sources and Credits

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

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• CalFlora
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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