Author | Thunberg | |
Distribution | Collected from 4 counties in the Mountains and Piedmont, from 1984-2016. Invasive to the Bog Garden in Greensboro and being eradicated (Diane Laslie email Sept 2022).
Native of Eastern Asia; in N.A. MA to NC; also IL. | |
Abundance | Rare and scattered on the landscape, but may be locally numerous. | |
Habitat | Escape to yard, campus woods, campus creek bank, campus Eco Preserve, town greenway, horticultural garden. | |
Phenology | Flowering and fruiting May-June. | |
Identification | Linden Viburnum has broadly elliptical to obovate (or even orbicular) leaves, rapidly narrowed to a drip-tip. The margins are evenly toothed, the surfaces pubescent. The flower clusters are typical of other viburnums -- a broad and domed umbel-like inflorescence of numerous and closely packed white flowers. The fruits are bright red, fading to dull red. | |
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State Rank | SE | |
Global Rank | GNR | |
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USACE-agcp | | |
USACE-emp | | |