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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Viburnum lentago   FAMILY Adoxaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum lentago   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-002?:

Viburnum lentago   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Viburnum lentago

 

COMMON NAME:
Nannyberry, Sheepberry


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image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_920

        

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vile_001_lvd

        

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_vile_008_lhd

        

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_vile_009_lvd

        

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_vile_012_lvd

        

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_viburnum_lentago1

June    Crawford County    MI

A large shrub or small tree, to 10 meters tall, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_viburnum_lentago2

June    Crawford County    MI

Flower clusters sessile or nearly so, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Viburnum lentago, Nannyberry, Sheepberry

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_viburnum_lentago2b

June    Crawford County    MI

Leaves mostly acuminate, lateral veins curving & branching, margins serrulate, per Weakley's Flora.

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Viburnum lentago   FAMILY Adoxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum lentago   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-002?:
Viburnum lentago   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum lentago

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1622

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Shrubby stream-bottoms, other wetlands and wetland margins, also in rocky or sandy uplands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring
Creamy white
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Bluish-black
Drupe

 

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