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§1 Plant
Viburnum rafinesqueanum Schult.
vernacular downy arrowwood — species · Caprifoliaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Viburnum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 450 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–45 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.1
- Root depth
- 14 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 6 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 6 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Purple
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 12,900
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 450 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Carroll 17015
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Stephenson 17177
- Vermilion 17183
- Warren 17187
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Clark 18019
- DeKalb 18033
- Elkhart 18039
- Huntington 18069
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- Marion 18097
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Porter 18127
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Iowa view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 38 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Genesee 26049
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Menominee 26109
- Montcalm 26117
- Montmorency 26119
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Oscoda 26135
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Kanabec 27065
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Marshall 27089
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carter 29035
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Harrison 29081
- Howell 29091
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Macon 29121
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Oregon 29149
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Schuyler 29197
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Wayne 29223
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Chemung 36015
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Monroe 36055
- New York 36061
- Niagara 36063
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schuyler 36097
- Steuben 36101
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 15 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Greene 51079
- Highland 51091
- Lee 51105
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Washington 51191
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 60 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Burnett 55013
- Calumet 55015
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Florence 55037
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lafayette 55065
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Outagamie 55087
- Ozaukee 55089
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VIRA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/4925723 ↗Record version
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