Habitat: In moister shrub-steppe gullies and ravines and at edge of talus slopes, up to dry open forests and rocky sites from low to subalpine elevations.
Grows Up to 30 feet tall
Flowers: 5 petals, white, showy, linear to oblong petals. In
short leafy clusters of 3-20 flowers at branch tips
Smooth with bark grey to red. Spreads
with underground stems forming dense colony