red twig
noun
1 North American (more fully redtwig dogwood) any of various dogwoods (genus Cornus) having red bark.
2 US (more fully redtwig Leucothoe) an ericaceous shrub, Leucothoe recurva, of the south-eastern United States.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in William Marshall (bap. 1745, d. 1818), agricultural writer and land agent.