This shrub grows wild in sunny clearings all over but I really like it. I would like to dig some up and take it home but I want to make sure first that it's not a pest vector or something else unpleasant. It sort of looks like mulberry but too many lobes on the leaves and no thorns. The closest thing I could find in 'the book' was ninebark, but it's not that close. It grows about 12 feet tall. What is it please?

The leaves are very similar to hawthorns.

Bab, can it be Ocean Spray Holodiscus discolor?

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Ocean Spray Holodiscus discolor

Tree, I've looked at your site and I'm sure you nailed it! Thank you very much. I see no reason not to transplant some into my yard in the fall. Thank you!