BLUE FRUIT 



1. Tall plants, leaves opposite. 



Black Haw {Viburnum prunijolium). Honeysuckle 

 family. 

 Tall shrub or small tree; leaves short stemmed, 

 oval, obtusely pointed, fine-toothed. Fruit (drupe) 

 berry-like, oval (black or) with bluish bloom, in 

 terminal clusters. Early autumn. 



Withe-rod {Viburnum cassinoides) . Honeysuckle family. 

 Rather tall shrub; leaves oval or pointed, with 

 fine rounded teeth, or without teeth. Fruit (drupe) 

 berry-like, round or ovoid, dark blue or blackish 

 (at first pink), different colors in same cluster. 

 Late summer. 



Arrow-wood (Viburnum dentatum). Honeysuckle 

 family. 

 Rather tall shrub; leaves egg-shaped, pointed, 

 somewhat heart-shaped at base, coarsely toothed. 

 Fruit (drupe) small, dark-blue, in flat terminal 

 clusters. Late summer. 



Round-leaved Dogwood {Cornus circinata) . Dogwood 

 family. 

 Rather tall shrub; leaves round-oval, short pointed, 

 woolly beneath, short stalked. Fruit (drupe), light 

 blue, berry-like, in spreading terminal clusters. 

 Early autumn. 



2. Tall plants, leaves not opposite. 



Alternate-leaved Dogwood {Cornus alternifolia) . 

 Dogwood familv. 

 Tall shrub; leaves thickly set at top, egg-shaped or 

 oval, long pointed. Fruit (drupe) dark-blue on red 

 stalks, in irregular terminal clusters. Late summer. 



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