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Viburnum is a genus of about 150–175 species of flowering plants in the moschatel family, Adoxaceae. Its current classification is based on molecular phylogeny . [ 2 ] It was previously included in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae .
Viburnum opulus is a deciduous shrub growing to 4–5 m (13–16 ft) tall. The leaves are opposite, three-lobed, 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long and broad, with a rounded base and coarsely serrated margins; they are superficially similar to the leaves of some maples, most easily distinguished by their somewhat wrinkled surface with impressed leaf venation.
A sparse shrub or gnarled tree reaching 2–3 m (7–10 ft), it has showy pink flowers larger than the typical viburnum, and red to black fruit, which are edible. [4] It is hardy to USDA zone 6a. [2] The unimproved species is available from commercial suppliers, as is a putative form, Viburnum grandiflorum f.
Like all viburnums, the leaves are arranged in opposite pairs on the twigs; they are oval, 5–10 cm (2–4 in) long and 2–5 cm (3 ⁄ 4 –2 in) broad, wedge-shaped, rounded or subcordate at base, with an acuminate apex and a finely serrated margin, and a winged petiole. They open from the bud involute, bronze green and shining, hairy and ...
Viburnum dentatum, southern arrowwood or arrowwood viburnum or roughish arrowwood, is a small shrub, native to the eastern United States and Canada from Maine south to northern Florida and eastern Texas. Like most Viburnum, it has opposite, simple leaves and fruit in berry-like drupes. Foliage turns yellow to red in late fall.
Viburnum edule, the squashberry, [1] mooseberry, [1] moosomin, [2] [3] moosewood viburnum, [4] pembina, [5] [6] pimina, [7] highbush cranberry, [8] or lowbush cranberry [8] is a species of shrub. It grows up to 2.5 metres (8 ft) tall and has smooth branches. The species is native to Canada and the northern United States. The tart berries ripen ...
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Viburnum molle, commonly called softleaf arrowwood, [1] is a species of flowering plant in the moschatel family . It is native to the eastern United States, where it restricted to the Midwest and Upper South. [2] Its distribution is scattered, and populations occur in disjunct clusters. [3]