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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Viburnum lentago
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    DIPSACALES
 FAMILY:   CAPRIFOLIACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Viburnum lentago
 AUTHORITY:  L.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    NANNYBERRY
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: VILE
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         DRY
         MESIC
     WETLAND
       BORDER OF LAKE
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
         FIELD DIVISION
       DEVELOPED LAND
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   BOONE           BUREAU          CARROLL         CHAMPAIGN       COOK
   DEKALB          DEWITT          DUPAGE          FULTON          GRUNDY
   IROQUOIS        JERSEY          JO DAVIESS      KANE            KANKAKEE
   KENDALL         KNOX            LAKE            LASALLE         LEE
   LIVINGSTON      MCHENRY         MARSHALL        MASON           MENARD
   MORGAN          OGLE            PEORIA          PIKE            RANDOLPH
   SANGAMON        STARK           STEPHENSON      TAZEWELL        WHITESIDE
   WILL            WINNEBAGO       WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Serrate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Oblong   Ovate     Orbicular
    INFLORESCENCE:   Dischasium
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   DRUPE
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Species is glabrous; petioles are irregularly wing-margined;
     cymes are sessile, petioles of leaves subtending the cymes; drupes are
     blue-black with whitish bloom.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Tree   Shrub
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      5         MONTH END-      6
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed along roadsides; wood borders, springy areas.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   BIRD   -internal     MAMMAL   -internal
 
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     ALLERGENIC:  No
     EDIBLE:  Yes
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Medium
     LANDSCAPING:  YES     AMOUNT:   Medium
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     Fruit is edible; does not cause hayfever.
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:
         DEER VALUE:   -   Fruit   Leaves   Stems
         UPLAND GAME VALUE:  Unknown
         WATERFOWL VALUE:  Unknown
         SMALL NON-GAME BIRD VALUE:   -   Fruit
         SMALL MAMMAL VALUE:   -   Fruit
         AQUATIC MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         FISH VALUE:  Unknown
     COVER VALUE:  No data entered
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:
     CATTLE FORAGE: Good       SHEEP FORAGE:  No data    HORSE FORAGE:  No data
     GOAT FORAGE:   No data    ENERGY VALUE:  No data    PROTEIN VALUE: Low
     POISONOUS (LIVESTOCK):   No
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     WEEDINESS:   COLONIZING
 
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1980.  Forest trees of Illinois.  Third ed.  Illinois
     Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry, Springfield.  331 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Viburnum lentago
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015