Scientific Name:	Oemleria cerasiformis
Pronunciation:	oh-em-LER-ee-uh see-ras-if-FORM-iss
Common Name:	Oso berry, Indian plum
Family Name:	Rosaceae
Plant Type:	Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Upright, deciduous shrub; leaves oblong to oblanceolate, glossy, dark green/softly hairy, gray-green beneath, held upright, cucumber-like smell; male and female flowers on separate plants, female flowers yellowish to greenish-white, petals white, bell-shaped, scented, hanging from leaf axils, 5 - 10 per raceme; drupe black, edibile; bark bitter.
Course(s):	HORT 1155, Level 3 Apprenticeship

Habit: Twiggy, Upright Form: Oval - vertical Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 3 - 5m Spread: 1.0 - 1.5m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: B.C. west of Cascades Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Acidic, Well-drained Water Use: Moderate Landscape Uses: Attract birds, Fragrance, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Summer interest, Wildlife food, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous, Lustrous, Pubescent Colour in Fall: Green Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Lanceolate, Oblong Apices: Acute Bases: Attenuate Margins: Entire, Undulate (wavy)

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Raceme Flower Morphology: Dioecious plant Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Salverform Ovary Position: Inferior Colour (petals): Showy, White, Green, Yellow Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: Apr, May

Fruit Type: Drupe Fruit Colour: Blue, Black, (Turning from yellow to pink to very dark blue) Fruiting Time: Jun, Jul Additional Info: Showy, Edible

Bark Morphology: Smooth, Prominent lenticels, Multi-stem trunk Bark or Stem Colour: Brown     Leaf Bud Type: Narrowly conical (Distinctive smell) Leaf Scar Shape: Crescent shaped

Propagation:	Seed, Greenwood cuttings
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Drought resistant, Fungal leaf spot

Location(s): (BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend (TFL) Turf Field Lab (TFLW) Turf Field Lab West (WLG) WoodLand Garden Location Map

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