\ kNNl BERRY. BLACK HAW 

 Viburnum lentago I.. 



The Honeysuckle Family 

 CAFRIF0L1 u I 



Habit and Habitat: A small tree, or large shrub, reaching a height 

 of Li 25 feet, with a short trunk 3-8 inches m diameter; more often a 

 shrub in this state; the numerous irregular branches produce s spread- 

 ing rounded CTOWn. Prefers the rich, moist loam of the woodlands 



along streams and river bottoms; Beldom seen far beyond the limits of the 



natural forest unless planted. 



Leaves and Buds: Leaves opposite, simple, 2-3V6 inches Long, about 

 -half as broad, broadly oval to almost orbicular, rounded at the ba 



finely and sharply serrate, thick and firm, bright green and shiny above, 

 pale and marked with tiny black dots beneath, or randy slightly hairy; 

 petioles broad, grooved, rlattish, about 1 inch Long. Leaf-buds narrow, 

 sharp-pointed, red. scurfy. Vi inch Long; flower-buds swollen at b; 

 with Long neck-like point, grayish, % inch Long. 



Flowers and Fruits: Flowers produced in dune after the leaves arc 

 full grown, perfect, small, creamy-white, borne in much-branched clus- 

 ters. 3-5 inches ac alyx tubular, 5-toothed; corolla 5-lobed, creamy 

 or white, about % inch wide; stamens 5; ovary 1 -colled, thick and green. 

 a fleshy plum-like structure % inch long, flattened, bluish-bla 

 ■ie n few-fruited, red-stemmed cluster.-: -tone oval, flat, rough; ll 

 sw lible, ripens in September or October. 



Bark, Twigs and Wood: Twigs lighl n at first, more or U 



rusty-hairy, becoming reddish-brown; bark on old stems and main trunks 

 dark brown with reddish tinge and broken into small thick plates, be- 

 coming more or less scaly. Wood dark orange-brown, heavy, close- 

 drained, hard, tll-smellii I thin, whitish. 



Distribution in the State: The nannyberry has come into Nebraska 

 only in the southeastern corner of the state and has extended its range 

 to the Platte river in Cass county. It is abundant in the forests of Mis- 

 souri and fartl stward. The juicy fruits are eagerly Bought by the 

 bir The species is occasionally seen in public parks and private 



Remarks: This species is the largest of a number of species of 



Viburnum which occur in eastern and southern United States. In the ei 

 it is planted quite commonly as, an ornamental where it is admired for 

 its compact habit and its lustrous foliage. It< flowers are abundi 

 and beautiful and the whole plant is brilliantly colored in the autumn. 

 The species is readily transplanted and is very hardy so that it is an 

 client small tret' for general out-of-door decoration in parks and 

 in all part i and northern United Stat' It is 



jily raised from seeds, but if propagated in this way it must be borne 

 in mind that the do n< ninate until the second year after 



tht planted. This species is worthy of wide planting through 



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