Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Dipsacales > Viburnaceae > Viburnum > Viburnum obovatum

Viburnum obovatum (small-leaf arrowwood; walter viburnum)

Synonyms: Viburnum cassinoides (heterotypic); Viburnum laevigatum (heterotypic); Viburnum lanceolatum; Viburnum nashii

Attributes

Air Quality Improvement [1]  Low
Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Carbon Capture [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [2]  Porous
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Shade Percentage [1]  81 %
Temperature Reduction [1]  Low
Wind Reduction [1]  Low
Bloom Period [2]  Early Spring
Fire Tolerance [2]  None
Frost Free Days [2]  8 months 23 days
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Spring
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Bunch
Growth Period [2]  Spring
Leaf Type [3]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Shape/Orientation [2]  Erect
Structure [3]  Tree
Flower Color [2]  Orange
Foliage Color [2]  Dark Green
Fruit Color [2]  Black
Height [1]  18 feet (5.4 m)
Width [1]  17 feet (5.2 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°)
Hardiness Zone Maximum [1]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Mixed Sun/Shade
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Moderate

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve 310228 North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States      
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Hobcaw Barony (North Inlet) National Estuarine Research Reserve 7585 South Carolina, United States

Predators

Melanaspis deklei[4]
Melanaspis obscura (obscure scale)[4]
Melanaspis smilacis (Smilax scale)[4]

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database.
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0