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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum acerifolium   FAMILY Viburnaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum acerifolium   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-009:

Viburnum acerifolium   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Viburnum acerifolium

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Viburnum densiflorum

 

COMMON NAME:
Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie


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image of Viburnum acerifolium, Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_viac_001_lhd

        

image of Viburnum acerifolium, Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie

JK Marlow    jkm0504g_05

April    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

The specific epithet "acerifolium" means maple-leaved.

image of Viburnum acerifolium, Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie

JK Marlow    jkm0504t_19

April    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Sinuses rounded.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE leaves of Mapleleaf Viburnum and Maple species

image of Viburnum acerifolium, Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie

JK Marlow    jkm0504t_21

April    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Leaves 3-lobed, coarsely serrate, base rounded to cordate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viburnum acerifolium, Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_v_acerifolium_maplelf

April        

Flowers in terminal flat-topped clusters (cymes), per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Viburnum acerifolium, Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie

JK Marlow    s050410_a

April    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

image of Viburnum acerifolium, Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie

JK Marlow    jkm0205cb_06a

May    Greenville County    SC

Roadside

Flowering stems with one pair of leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viburnum acerifolium, Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie

JK Marlow    jkm060506_012b

May    Oconee County    SC

Clemson Forest

image of Viburnum acerifolium, Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie

JK Marlow    jkm101024_689

October    Pickens County    SC

image of Viburnum acerifolium, Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_v_acerifolium_6

October        

Fruit an ovoid drupe, ripening from green to pink then purplish-black, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Viburnum acerifolium, Mapleleaf Viburnum, Maple-leaved Arrowwood, Dockmackie

JK Marlow    jkm201113_8239

November    Greenville County    SC

Caesars Head State Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum acerifolium   FAMILY Viburnaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum acerifolium   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-009:
Viburnum acerifolium   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum acerifolium

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum densiflorum

 

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1618

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic to dry forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy white
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual. Flowers all alike and fertile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Drupe

 

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