Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Dipsacales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
FAMILY
Adoxaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Review of the nearctic Viburnum (McAtee, 1956)
Viburnum opulus var. trilobum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viburnum trilobum
COMMON NAME:
Highbush-cranberry, Cranberry Tree, American Cranberry-bush
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
FAMILY
Adoxaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Review of the nearctic Viburnum (McAtee, 1956)
Viburnum opulus var. trilobum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viburnum trilobum
1949
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Native: north of the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - - -
Rare
Look for it in wet forests, along streams, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Creamy white
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
WinterSummer/Fall
Red
Drupe
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