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Viburnum acerifolium
Also called Maple-leaved viburnum, Maple-leaved arrowwood, Dockmackie, Arrow-wood, Possum haw, Possom Haw
A native North American shrub of 1 to 2 m with maple-like lobed leaves and brilliant autumn colour, grown mainly in shade gardens. It thrives in moist, acidic, woodland-type conditions and spreads by suckering.
Viburnum acerifolium, the mapleleaf viburnum, maple-leaved arrowwood or dockmackie, is a species of Viburnum native to eastern North America.
Viburnum acerifolium is native to eastern North America, from southwestern Quebec and Ontario south to northern Florida and eastern Texas. It is found in the US states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York, Vermont, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Arkansas.
The mapleleaf viburnum was used in ethnobotany as a medicinal plant by Native Americans.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Viburnum acerifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
