possumhaw
Viburnum nudum
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Habitat
Leaves
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Twigs
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Bark
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Flowers
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Fruit
  • FAMILY: ADOXACEAE
  • ALTERNATE COMMON NAME: swamp-haw
  • LEAVES: opposite, simple, persistent; variable; oval to lanceolate; 2-5” long; lustrous green; glandular dotted below
  • FLOWER: white to cream; large cyme; April
  • FRUIT: drupe; 1/4 “ diameter, cluster at end of stem; pink turning to blue by October, with bloom
  • TWIGS: brown; duckbill bud - more flattened than the yellow-poplar duckbill bud
  • BARK:
  • FORM: shrub to small tree
  • HABITAT: wet sites, stream bottoms
  • WETLAND DESIGNATION: Facultative Wetland (FACW): Usually occurs in wetlands, but may occur in non-wetlands of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Plain Region
  • RANGE: eastern US
  • USES: under-utilized ornamental
    • Best Recognition Features:
    1. leaves opposite, oval to oblong, lustrous green
    2. twig brown; duckbill bud
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