[Wikipedia] Description, Distribution: The branches have fine hairs and the young bark is thin and smooth, becoming scale-like with ridges as it ages. The leaves are opposite, simple, oval. They turn orange to purplish in autumn. The flowers commonly bloom twice per season, once in the spring and again in late summer or early fall. The fruit is a compound pink-red or orange drupe about 1 to 1.5 cm. long, in clusters containing 20 to 40 drupelets, each of which contains two seeds. They appear in September or October. Pacific Dogwood in the understory of a forest, showing its typical habit. It occurs from the lowlands of southern British Columbia to the mountains of southern California. There exists an inland population in central Idaho, where it is considered critically imperiled. It occurs predominantly below 1,500 m (4,900 ft) in elevation. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)