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Downy Arrow-wood Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle Family) Description
Leaves - opposite, with very short petioles, elliptic to ovate, 4-8 cm long and 3-5 cm wide, serrate, dark green above, densely hairy below. Flowers - in upright terminal clusters, numerous, small, white; appearing in late May and June. Fruit - in clusters of several at ends of branches, black, about 10 mm long, containing a flat stone; ripening in August and September. Habitat Primarily in the western portions of NW Ontario's boreal region, from Thunder Bay to Manitoba; primarily in the understory of hardwood dominated forests on fresh, fine-textured soils.
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General - erect or spreading shrub up to 2 m tall; twigs, thin, glabrous, pale gray; buds with two pairs of scales.