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Spotted on bank of cattle pond and then scurried into the water. No fencing or containment.

Note: To clarify, all signs indicate this is either a

1. Uncontained pet on private property
2. Deliberately abandoned pet
3. Escaped pet that has managed to travel to this location (if this option, not likely to have travelled far due to rural setting with few homes spaced 1/4mile to 1 mile+ apart and scarce water sources)

Small tree about 20 feet tall. Growing on gravelly bench above creek - edge of moist, riparian mixed confier/hardwoods with Abies grandis, Pseudotsuga, P. Ponderosa, Vaccinium, Alnus, Cornus sericea. Scarce but with some reproduction seen in a few other spots nearby, along 2 miles or so of FR-65. Possibly naturalized or a very small, disjunct population! This species isn't typically considered to be native to Eastern Oregon.