Description ²

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: alternate
• Flower: White simple shaped, 5 petals
• Leaves: oval, pointed tip, rounded to hear-shaped base, toothed towards tip
• Bark: thin, grey
• Fruit/Seed: round berry, black, 3/8 inch diameter
• Height: up to 16 feet
• Flowering: April - May
• Habitat: forests

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Colin Chapman-Lam, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Colin Chapman-Lam
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)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• Ontario Trees
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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