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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum trilobum
FAMILY
Adoxaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Viburnum opulus ssp. trilobum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Review of the nearctic Viburnum (McAtee, 1956)
Viburnum opulus var. trilobum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum trilobum
FAMILY
Adoxaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Viburnum opulus ssp. trilobum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Review of the nearctic Viburnum (McAtee, 1956)
Viburnum opulus var. trilobum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Viburnum opulus var. americanum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Viburnum trilobum
1949
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Wet forests, along streams, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer
Creamy white
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe
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