Identification: Roadside flowering shrub: Galiano Island

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  1. rpphoto

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    Need help identifying this plant. It grows in abundance along the roads on Galiano Island, BC. The plants are probably 10-15 feet tall, with clusters of dirty white blossoms that hang downward as in the photos below. The leaves have at least 7 distinct points.
     

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    vitog Contributor 10 Years

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    This is almost certainly Ocean Spray, Holodiscus discolor, which is abundant on overgrown old logging roads all around southwestern BC.
     
  3. Ron B

    Ron B Paragon of Plants 10 Years

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    No doubt about it.
     
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    Thank you!
     

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