Symphoricarpos occidentalis (Western snowberry)

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm)

9/14/2010 · Garden in the Woods, Framingham, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 3½″ (11 × 9.8 cm)

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Asteridae	A large class that encompasses asters
Order	Dipsacales	Includes viburnum, honeysuckle, snowberry, beautybush, twinflower, many others
Family	Caprifoliaceae	Honeysuckle family
Genus	Symphoricarpos	From Greek symphorein, “borne together,” and karpos, “fruit,” for the berry clusters
Species	occidentalis	Latin for “western”