Taxon: Viburnum opulus L. var. americanum Aiton

See other conspecific taxa:

• Viburnum opulus (4 accessions)
• Viburnum opulus var. opulus (6 accessions)
• Viburnum opulus var. sargentii (21 accessions)

Common names:

• American cranberry-bush   (Source: Krussmann ) – English
  
• highbush cranberry   (Source: Krussmann ) – English
  
• amerikanskt olvon   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard, as Viburnum trilobum)
  
• Environmental: shade/shelter   (fide Dict Gard,as Viburnum trilobum)
  
• Human food: beverage base   (fide Cornucopia, as Viburnum trilobum)
  
• Human food: fruit   (fide Cornucopia, as Viburnum trilobum)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario [s.], Prince Edward Island, Quebec [s.]
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.], British Columbia [s.], Manitoba [s.]
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Connecticut, Indiana [n.], Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio [n.], Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [n.], Iowa [n.], Minnesota, Nebraska [Douglas Co.], North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho [n.], Washington, Wyoming [Crook Co.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Virginia [n.]

• also cultivated

References:

• Deam, C. C. 1940. Flora of Indiana. [= V. trilobum Marsh.].
• Dorn, R. D. 1977. Manual of the vascular plants of Wyoming.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. [= V. trilobum Marsh.].
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. [= V. trilobum Marsh.].
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains.
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
• Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967–. The vascular flora of Ohio.
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. [= V. trilobum Marsh.].
• Seymour, F. 1969. The flora of New England.
• Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2. [= V. trilobum Marsh.].
• Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania. [= V. trilobum Marsh.].

Synonyms:

• (=) Viburnum trilobum Marshall
  (previously associated with 14 accessions)

Check other web resources for Viburnum opulus L. var. americanum Aiton:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Viburnum opulus var. americanum cultivars

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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