Mapleleaf
Viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 2 to 4 inches long and wide
- Three-lobed although lobes sometimes small
- Slightly pubescent above, more so below
- Stipules (fang-like appendages) on base of petiole, but no glands (bumps) on petiole near leaf base
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Korean
Spice Viburnum
Viburnum carlesii
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 1 to 4 inches long, .75 to 2.5 inches wide
- Broad egg- to football-shaped
- Teeth regular
- Stellate (star-shaped) pubescence (hairs) underneath, especially along
veins
- Veins extend beyond leaf margin
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Witherod Viburnum
Viburnum cassinoides
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 1.5 to 3.5 inches long, .75 to 2.25 inches wide
- Football- or egg- to oblong-shaped
- Nearly glabrous (smooth), somewhat scurfy (small bran-like scales) beneath
- Teeth
rounded and widely spaced.
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Arrowwood
Viburnum
Viburnum dentatum
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 2 to 4.5 inches long, 1 to 4 inches wide
- Rounded or wide egg-shaped
- Coarsely dentate (toothed) margin
- Glabrous (smooth) above and below
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Linden
Viburnum
Viburnum dilatatum
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 2 to 5 inches long, 1 to 3.5 inches wide
- Rounded or egg-shaped
- 2 to 4 circular glands at base of leaf, best seen from the underside
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Fragrant
Viburnum
Viburnum farreri
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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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Wayfaring
Tree
Viburnum lantana
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 2 to 5 inches long, 1.5 to 4 inches wide
- Egg- to football-shaped
- Very uniform teeth
- Strongly
netlike vein patterns
- Dense pubescence (hair) on underside
- Petioles (leaf stems) .75 to 1 inch long.
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Hobblebush
Viburnum lantanoides
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- Large, 2 to 8 inches long and wide
- Rounded to fat egg-shaped
- Teeth closely spaced
- Stellate pubescence (star-like hairs) on underside along veins
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Nannyberry
Viburnum lentago
- Deciduous
- 2 to 4 inches long, 1 to 2 inches wide
- Elliptical to egg-shaped
- Teeth closely spaced
- Leaf surface smooth top and bottom
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Chinese
Snowball Viburnum
Viburnum macrocephalum
Leaves:
- Deciduous
or semi-evergreen
- 2 to 4 inches long, 1.5 to 2.5 inches wide
- Rounded or egg-shaped to football-shaped
- Stellate
pubescence (star-like hairs) on underside
- Petiole (leaf stem) short
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Cranberry
Bush
Viburnum opulus
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 2 to 4 inches long and wide
- 3 lobes
- Pubescent (hairy) veins on underside
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Doublefile
Viburnum
Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 2 to 5 inches long, 1 to 2.5 inches wide
- Broad egg-shaped
- Teeth widely spaced
- Stellate pubescence
(star-like hairs) on underside mostly along veins
- Petiole .5 to .6 inches long
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Black
Haw
Viburnum prunifolium
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 1.5 to 3.5 inches long, 1 to 2 inches wide
- Broad elliptical or egg-shaped
- Teeth closely spaced
- Glabrous (smooth) underneath
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Lantanaphyllum
Viburnum
Viburnum rhytidophylloides
Leaves:
- Semi-evergreen (Most winters in the Northeast, most leaves fall off or turn brown and hang on the twigs. Depends on severity of weather and exposure to sun and wind.)
- Long and narrow
- 3 to 8 inches long, 1 to 1.5 inches wide
- Margins (edges) entire (smooth)
- Not as wrinkled as V. rhytidophyllum
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Leatherleaf
Viburnum
Viburnum rhytidophyllum
Leaves:
- Evergreen
(but often turn brown)
- Long and narrow
- 3 to 7 inches long, 1.5 inches wide
- Margins (edges) entire (smooth)
- Deeply
wrinkled (more than Viburnum rhytidophylloides)
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Sargent
Viburnum
Viburnum sargentii
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 2 to 5 inches long and wide
- 3-lobed, with middle lobe often longer
- Sparse hairs on
underside, but no hairs on veins
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Tea
Viburnum
Viburnum setigerum
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 3 to 6 inches long, 1.25 to 2.5 inches wide
- Long egg-shaped
- Teeth widely spaced
- No hair on underside
except along veins
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Siebold
Viburnum
Viburnum sieboldii
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 2 to 6 inches long, 1.5 to 3 inches wide
- Football-shaped to long and narrow
- Teeth widely spaced and mostly towards tip
- No hair on underside except along
veins
- Brown spots on underside but not always apparent
-
Burnt rubber smell when crushed
- Leaf scars encircle stems
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Service
Viburnum
Viburnum utile 'Conoy'
Leaves:
- Evergreen
- 1.5 to 2 inches long, .25 to 1.25 inches wide
- Margin (edge) entire (smooth)
- Underside pale blue-green with dense stellate pubescence (star-like hairs), glabrous
(smooth) on top
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Wright
Viburnum
Viburnum wrightii
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 3 to 5 inches long, 1.25 to 2.5 inches wide
- Rounded with teeth widely spaced
- Long hairs and brown spots on underside
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Burkwood
Viburnum
Viburnum x burkwoodii
Leaves:
- Semi-evergreen
- 1.5 to 4 inches long, .75 to 1.75 inches wide
- Egg- to football-shaped or long and narrow shaped
- Margin
entire (smooth) but usually with small irregular teeth
- Scurfy (scratchy) pubescent on top side
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Carlcephalum
(Fragrant) Viburnum
Viburnum x carlcephalum
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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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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Judd
Viburnum
Viburnum x juddii
Leaves:
- Deciduous
- 1.75 to 2.5 inches long, 1 to 1.75 inches wide
- Football-shaped
- Teeth irregular and small
but widely spaced
- Dense stellate pubescence (star-like
hairs) on underside
- Petioles (leaf stem) short (less than
.25 inch)
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Drawings by Marcia Eames-Sheavly.
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