The shadbush is one of the most wonderful native trees in our area. It grows in eastern America and Canada. It is shrub that does not grow very high and featured by smooth grey branches and lovely snowy-white flowers. People enjoy the clouds of beautiful flowers it produces in the spring and the berries in the summer. Native Americans used the berries as their source of food and remedy. The cyclical functions of the shadbush help people to notice people when to go fishing and go to church. If there are any in your locale, do not miss them. After a long winter, the blooming of the shadbush flower will be the first thing that gives you a sense of spring.