Viburnum prunifolium L.

Filed As

Caprifoliaceae
Viburnum prunifolium L.

Collector(s)

D. E. Atha 9426 with Robert Rittenhouse, 21 Oct 2010

Location

United States of America. Virginia. Northampton Co. ca 3.7 km ESE of town Cape Charles, ca 100 m W of US 13, ca 600 m S of Rt. 184, Rittenhouse Motor Lodge.

Habitat

Forest drained by perennial stream. This patch of forest was cut and then planted with Pinus taeda ca 60 years previously. It has since been managed as a small (2.6 ha) nature preserve and motel. There are many fine specimens of native trees (Magnolia virginiana, Persea borbonia, Quercus rubra, Fraxinus sp., Liquidambar styraciflua), shrubs (Euonymus americanus, Itea virginica, Aronia arbutifolia) and herbs (Dioscorea villosa, Passiflora lutea and 6 species of Persicaria s.l.).

Description

Tree 10 m tall, the trunk 22 cm diam; wood very strongly scented of dirty socks; this tree is said to have white flowers in spring (fide Robert Rittenhouse). Planted.

Notes (shown on label)

Sample preserved in silica gel at NY

Identifiers

NY Barcode: 01268870

Occurrence ID: d31310c2-1be7-4b14-b93d-c2c53caccff6

Laboratory Collections

Tissue Samples, 01125726, D. E. Atha 9426, Viburnum prunifolium L. - Accepted : Caprifoliaceae (302.0) : : : Magnoliophyta;

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