lol this is actually the one I was just looking at on the USDA site, the pictures from your link are much more detailed and I am quite sure this...
That is what I suspected but EVERY account said they were not at all thorny, and that threw me way off. thanks for the quick reply!
Our dogwood faced similar problems when it became sun burnt one year after removing a larger tree that shaded it all its life. lost all its leaves...
I live in the woods of West Virginia and there are many types of berries that grow here, some wild strawberries even. This plant I have looked all...