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			Guide to identifying Viburnums 
  
            
            Common 
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			Is 
              it a viburnum?
  
			  
            Which 
              viburnum?
  
                        
			Express key
  
                        
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              tutorial
  
			  
             
			Guide to viburnums by David Swaciak.  
  Leaf drawings by  Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
			
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            images by Paul Weston & Craig Cramer 
             
               
 
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                   Leaves:
- Deciduous
 
			- 1 to 4 inches long, .75 to 2.5 inches wide
 
			- Wide egg- to football-shaped
 
			- Teeth less regular than 
                    V. carlesii
 
			- Stellate (star-shaped) pubescence below, 
                    dense and rusty along veins
 
			- Some veins extend beyond leaf 
                    margin
  
 
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                Flowers: 
- Pink in bud, white when open
 
			- 5- to 6-inch diameter cluster, like 
                  half a big golf ball
 
			- Intensely fragrant
 
			 
			
			 
                  Fruit: 
				  
				  - Changes from red to black
 
			
  
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