Occidentalis: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 

	stamens usually exserted; NOT [stamens usually included]
	style 4-8 mm long; NOT [style 2-3 mm long]
	style exserted; NOT [style included]
	style usually hairy; NOT [style glabrous]

Symphoricarpos: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 

	erect shrubs; NOT [low, slender, trailing evergreen shrub]
	leaves simple; NOT [leaves pinnately compound]
	leaves entire or undulate; NOT [leaves toothed or lobed]
	flowers more or less regular; NOT [flowers mostly irregular]
	inflorescence axillary as well as terminal; NOT [inflorescence all  terminal in compound cymes]
	flowers in clusters; NOT [flowers usually in pairs]
	flowers campanulate; NOT [flowers funnelform, tubular, or rotate]
	calyx with short lobes; NOT [calyx with 5 linear lobes]
	flowers with 5 stamens; NOT [flowers with 4 stamens]
	fruit a berry with two or more seeds; NOT [fruit a capsule]; NOT [fruit a drupe containing a flattened stone]
	fruit white or purplish; NOT [fruit red, yellow, or black]

Caprifoliaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 

	shrubs; NOT [herbs], NOT [trees]
	large shrubs; NOT [dwarf shrubs]
	leaves opposite or whorled; NOT [leaves alternate]
	stems bearing few to several flowers; NOT [stems bearing a solitary flower]
	stamens 5; NOT [stamens 5-10], NOT [stamens 2]
	ovary inferior; NOT [ovary superior]
	fruit fleshy; NOT [fruit a capsule]