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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum cassinoides   FAMILY Adoxaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-002:

Viburnum cassinoides   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Viburnum cassinoides

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw


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image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vica_001_lhd

        

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm190416_7469

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm190416_7470

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm060508_172

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm060508_173

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm160504_449

May    Jackson County    NC

Panthertown

Flowering stems have 2 pairs of leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm160504_450

May    Jackson County    NC

Panthertown

Leaves scurfy pubescent beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

Bill Sharpton    gws_witherodviburnum

June    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Bald

Flowers all perfect, borne in a compound flat-topped cyme, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm090607_087

June    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm150606_202

June    Avery County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvcassinioides_habtgfm

June    Avery County    NC

Grandfather Mountain

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvcassinioides_lvl

June    Avery County    NC

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    s090607_05

June    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 5-11cm long, acuminate or rarely acute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_v_cassino_nwildraisin

July        

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm140816_707

August    Jackson County    NC

High Hampton Inn

Leaves dull to slightly shiny above; undulate-crenulate (or rarely entire), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm080924_081

September    Transylvania County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm080928_017

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm080928_020

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Fruits at first pink to red, then deep blue or nearly black and glaucous, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm080928_041

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm080928_043

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Both terminal and lateral buds often much elongated, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

JK Marlow    jkm080928_045

September    Jackson County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Viburnum cassinoides, Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shonny Haw, Shawnee Haw

Ron Lance    rwl1620_a

September        

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Viburnum cassinoides   FAMILY Adoxaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 174-05-002:
Viburnum cassinoides   FAMILY Caprifoliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viburnum cassinoides

 

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Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, moist forests, high elevation forests and outcrops, heath balds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Mountains, rare in GA Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy white
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
5 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pink to Blue
Drupe

 

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