This is a naturally occuring shrub in my understory. I tried to figure out what it was and the closest I came was black or red chokeberry, but I don’t think that’s it. The tiny flowers seem nearly identical, but they’re such a standard form I would not think that means much, and these flowers are arranged in spikes. This plant has clear red stems and no literature I could find says chokeberry has red stems. Also, the leaves are not really dark glossy green. The bark is ”spotted”? I wish I had a resource at hand that gave me all the official terms for these characteristics, but that’s not easy to find.

Any ideas?