Flowers Cream to White

Shrub with thorns or spines	Mountain whitethorn
Shrub without spines
Bark red and smooth	Greenleaf manzanita
Bark not red and smooth
Leaves small; 1/4 to 1/2 inch long
Leaves 3-lobed at tip; like a 3-finger glove
Leaves fuzzy underneath	Antelope bush
Leaves sticky	Waxy bitterbrush
Leaves wedge-shaped; broadest at the tip	Rock spiraea
Leaves more than 1/2 inch long
Leaves ferny, aromatic	Fern bush
Leaves not ferny
Leaves with not teeth on margin	Labrador tea
Leaves with toothed margin
Flowers in small clusters
Leaves with coarse teeth	Wax currant
Leaves with very fine teeth	Bitter cherry
Flowers in a large flat-topped cluster	Blue elderberry