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Viburnum leaf
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Guide to identifying Viburnums
Common
names
Is
it a viburnum?
Which
viburnum?
Express key
ID
tutorial
Guide to viburnums by David Swaciak.
Leaf drawings by
Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
Logo
images by Paul Weston & Craig Cramer
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Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 1.5 to 4 inches long, 1 to 2.75 inches wide
- Football-shaped
- Teeth widely spaced
- Underside of leaf
glabrous (smooth) with sparse hairs where veins meet
- Leaf base cuneate
(long taper)
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Flowers:
- Pinkish-red in bud, opening to white tinged with pink
- Blooms early to mid
April before leaves
Fruit:
- Red changing to black July to August
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More information:
Similar
Species and
distinguishing characteristics:
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Viburnum
dilatatum
Leaves 2 to 5 inches long, 1 to 3.5 inches wide.
Flowers bloom in May to early June.
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Viburnum
setigerum
Leaves 3 to 6 inches long, 1.25 to 2.5 inches wide.
Fruit reddish-orange
to orange. |
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