Oceanspray, also called Creambush, is often found along dry and open meadows, at forest edges and understories. A shrub and a member of the Rosaceae Family.  Oceanspray is easy to recognize in the late Spring with cascading clusters of white flowers that droop from their branches. Its flower gives way to a hairy fruit. (Almost all native plants bloom from mid-March to May, the exception: asters.  Oceanspray blooms into June and for some, is a cause of intense allergies.)  Mature specimens are found by Kiosk 13;  Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project extinction possibility is slight; abundant, moist and shady, also found in the Rocky Mountains with little chance of extinction.

http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Holodiscus+discolor
https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Holodiscus%20discolor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodiscus_discolor
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=HODI
https://www.plc215.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kiosk-10.pdf
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Holodiscus&Species=discolor&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year

Oceanspray is also called:

Creambush
Copperwood
Sea Spray

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