Arrowwood

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Flowers and leaves from another arrowwood on campus.

Viburnum dentatum
ARROWWOOD

Adoxaceae
E. North America

Location: map coordinates I-4 (in front of Woodland Trail entrance), N 39°11'14'' W 75°32'48''

Planting history: probably planted with new Loop Road ca 2000. Source probably (Terrain at) Styers (nursery), PA.

Description:
  • deciduous shrub
  • etymology: Viburnum from the Latin name for V. lantana; dentatum = toothed
  • common name “arrowwood” from straight, long, shoots; formerly used to make arrows
  • until recently, placed in honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae)
  • leaves opposite, prominently toothed
  • flowers small, white; in showy clusters (cymes)
  • fruits small, blue-black, drupes (stone fruits), in clusters; food for birds and other wildlife
  • native habitat moist woods, streambanks (in Delaware)

Native species, State Rank S5 (very common in Delaware)
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