Ninebark

Physocarpus opulifolius

Habitat:
   Light: sun -part shade
   Moisture: mesic -wet mesic

   Height: 5 -8 ft.
   Flowering Time: late spring

Notes: rounded shrub, with white flower clusters; leaves palmate; older bark peeling off to reveal 9 layers; clusters of papery fruits turn pink to brown in fall.

   Range in Michigan: SE,SW,NL,UP