Description ²

• Shape: Small tree to multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White simple shaped, 5 petals
• Leaves: egg-shaped, pointed tip, rounded-heart shaped base, finely toothed, 1 ½-2 ½ inches long, 1-1 ½ inches wide, young leaf stalks are hairy
• Bark: grey, smooth, lighter vertical lines that look similar to stretch marks
• Fruit/Seed: round berry, ¼-2/3 inch diameter, red/purple
• Height: 20-30 feet
• Flowering: April - June
• Habitat: forest understory, woodland edges, shrubby fields and meadows, windbreaks, roadsides

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Dan Mullen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/8583446@N05/4584418794/
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
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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