Unusual Plant - Red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea)?

Observation: This plant was found in the middle of a bunch of high bush cranberries.

LEO says: This plant looks very similar to the red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea), and "is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native throughout northern and western North America from Alaska east to Newfoundland, south to Durango and Nuevo León in the west, and Illinois and Virginia in the east." Wikipedia.

Cooperative Extension Service consult: Gino Graziano, Invasive Plants Instructor, during a conversation, surmised the plant as being the red osier dogwood. University of Alaska Fairbanks

Resource: USDA, NRCS Plant guide states, "Redosier dogwood has a wide distribution from California north to Alaska and throughout the country to the eastern United States south to Mexico." United States Department of Agriculture & Natural Resources Conservation Service