A great place to see Viburnum ellipticum (oval-leaved viburnum) is Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge's Oaks to Wetlands Trail in the Carty Unit. At first glance I thought maybe this could be Philadelphus lewisii (mock-orange) because of the opposite arrangement and multi-stemmed, sprawling habit. But the leaves seemed too broad - leaves in Hitchcock are described as "coarsely and often rather bluntly toothed, not at all trilobed" - like the other two native species of Viburnum (Viburnum opulus, cranberry tree and Viburnum edule, highbush cranberry) - and "acutish to rounded at tip." This species is in the Caprifoliaceae (honeysuckle) family and is not very common around my parts (Thurston county), at least in my experience. If dormant, this species could also be confused with Euonymous occidentalis (western wahoo).
Acute = tapering to a pointed apex with more or less straight sides. (Harris and Harris).
