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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum acerifolium
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
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Read more about Mapleleaf Viburnum at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum acerifolium
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-009:
Viburnum acerifolium FAMILY Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum acerifolium
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum densiflorum
COMMON NAME:
Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_viac_001_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm0504g_05
April Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
The specific epithet "acerifolium" means maple-leaved.
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JK Marlow jkm0504t_19
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Sinuses rounded.
COMPARE
leaves of Mapleleaf Viburnum and Maple species
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JK Marlow jkm0504t_21
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
Leaves 3-lobed, coarsely serrate, base rounded to cordate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_acerifolium_maplelf
April
Flowers in terminal flat-topped clusters (cymes), per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow s050410_a
April Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0205cb_06a
May Greenville County SC
Roadside
Flowering stems with one pair of leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm060506_012b
May Oconee County SC
Clemson Forest
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JK Marlow jkm101024_689
October Pickens County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_v_acerifolium_6
October
Fruit an ovoid drupe, ripening from green to pink then purplish-black, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm201113_8239
November Greenville County SC
Caesars Head State Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum acerifolium
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum acerifolium
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-009:
Viburnum acerifolium
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum acerifolium
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum densiflorum
1618
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Mesic to dry forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare in Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy white
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual. Flowers all alike and fertile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p392
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p098
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p264
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p203
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p246
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p272
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p126
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p304
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p240
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p022
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p269
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p312
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p15
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p319
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p373
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