General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: Red
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Salt tolerant
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

Common names
  • American Cranberrybush Viburnum
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Viburnum trilobum
  • Synonym: Viburnum opulus var. americanum

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