NameThatPlant.net: Viburnum trilobum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum trilobum FAMILY Viburnaceae Go to FSUS key

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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 Viburnaceae

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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