Sun: Can tolerate sun or some shade, or full shade

Soil Conditions: Wet to fairly dry

Special Uses: Supports pollinators, wildlife, forage, cover, food, bank stabilization

Erect tall shrub or small tree with smooth, silver-grey bark. Glossy green leaves, greenish-yellow small flowers, black berries.

Habitat Notes: Occurs in moist well drained soils along streams. More typically found in foothills and mountains of the coast range.

ID Notes: Can take a tree or shrub form.  Leaves look similar to an alder leaf (distinctly veined). New wood is reddish. Prolific fruit starts green and turns dark purplish-black in the fall.  Locally referred to as Chittam tree.