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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum lentago
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Nannyberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum lentago
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viburnum lentago
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viburnum lentago
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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Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905) mtna_i_920
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vile_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_vile_008_lhd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_vile_009_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_vile_012_lvd
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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).
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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).
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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 (4/24/22):
Viburnum lentago
FAMILY
Viburnaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum lentago
FAMILY
Caprifoliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Viburnum lentago
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Viburnum lentago
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
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
Rare
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
FRUIT:
Summer
Bluish-black
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p268
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p302
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p102
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p370
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