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§1 Plant
Viburnum lantana L.
vernacular wayfaringtree — species · Caprifoliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Viburnum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 51 counties across 12 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 130 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 14 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 9 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 9 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 8,700
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 51 counties across 12 states/territories.
Illinois view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 7 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 I ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VILA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2888615 ↗Record version
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