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§1 Plant
Viburnum obovatum Walter
vernacular small-leaf arrowwood — 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 95 counties across 4 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Shade
- Medium
- Fire
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 3 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 263 min.
- Precipitation
- 33–90 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.5
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Mature height
- 12 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 30 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Orange
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Stratify
- No
§3e
Use & availability
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 95 counties across 4 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Flagler 12035
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Baker 13007
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Columbia 13073
- Crisp 13081
- Decatur 13087
- Dodge 13091
- Dooly 13093
- Dougherty 13095
- Echols 13101
- Emanuel 13107
- Grady 13131
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jeff Davis 13161
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Johnson 13167
- Laurens 13175
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Mitchell 13205
- Screven 13251
- Tattnall 13267
- Wayne 13305
- Worth 13321
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VIOB ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2888620 ↗Record version
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