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§1 Plant

Viburnum nudum L. var. cassinoides (L.) Torr. & A. Gray

vernacular withe-rod — variety · Caprifoliaceae


USDA
VINUC
GBIF
6369862 syn.
Rank
variety
withe-rod (Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides)
Platephotograph · chris buelowCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§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 Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 360 counties across 22 states/territories
Legend Native · 360 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-33 °F minimum
Frost-free days
110 min.
Precipitation
35–50 in/yr
pH range
4.9–7
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
15 ft
Height @ 20 y
15 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Blue
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
27,600
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
High
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 360 counties across 22 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 3 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Georgia view state ↗ 4 N
Indiana view state ↗ 5 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 17 N
Maine view state ↗ 16 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N
Michigan view state ↗ 55 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N
New York view state ↗ 42 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 27 N
Ohio view state ↗ 14 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 48 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 24 N
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N
Virginia view state ↗ 26 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 16 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 4 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/VINUC ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/6369862 ↗

Record version

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