One of the earliest native shrubs to flower, male and female blossoms are borne on separate plants and resemble one another. The photo is a male plant. The fruit is small and reddish/purple.

A tall shrub with oblong leaves, Osoberry is a common lowland plant of forest edges and disturbed sites in the lowlands. It is rare at the Park; here at grows in an alder thickets at the edge of a dense coniferous forest.