ILLINOIS PLANT INFORMATION NETWORK ILPIN INFORMATION ON Viburnum prunifolium CLASS: DICOTYLEDENAE ORDER: DIPSACALES FAMILY: CAPRIFOLIACEAE SCIENTIFIC NAME: Viburnum prunifolium AUTHORITY: L. COMMON NAMES: BLACK HAW NANNYBERRY SYNONOMY: None PLANTS CODE: VIPR NATURAL COMMUNITIES: FOREST UPLAND FOREST DRY-MESIC MESIC FLOODPLAIN FOREST MESIC LISTED CHARACTERISTIC PRIMARY GLADE LIMESTONE CULTURAL DEVELOPED LAND SAF FOREST COVER TYPE: CENTRAL Upland oak White/Black/Northern Red- Oak NATURAL DIVISION: UNAVAILABLE COUNTIES: ADAMS ALEXANDER BOND BOONE BROWN CALHOUN CASS CHAMPAIGN CHRISTIAN CLARK CLAY COLES COOK CRAWFORD DEKALB DEWITT DOUGLAS DUPAGE EDGAR EFFINGHAM FAYETTE FORD FRANKLIN FULTON GREENE GRUNDY HAMILTON HANCOCK HENDERSON IROQUOIS JACKSON JASPER JERSEY JO DAVIESS JOHNSON KANE KANKAKEE KENDALL KNOX LAKE LASALLE LAWRENCE LEE LIVINGSTON LOGAN MCDONOUGH MCLEAN MACON MACOUPIN MARSHALL MASON MASSAC MENARD MONROE MONTGOMERY MORGAN MOULTRIE OGLE PEORIA PERRY PIATT PIKE POPE PULASKI PUTNAM RANDOLPH RICHLAND ST. CLAIR SALINE SANGAMON SCHUYLER SCOTT SHELBY STEPHENSON TAZEWELL VERMILION WABASH WARREN WASHINGTON WAYNE WILL WILLIAMSON 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 Obovate INFLORESCENCE: Dischasium FLOWER MEROUS: 5 FLOWER STRUCTURE: Complete Regular FLOWER COLOR: White FLOWER PLACEMENT: Epigynous FRUIT: DRUPE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS: Branches and leaves glabrous or sparsely brown-scaley when young; wingless petioles; drupe blue-black. 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- 4 MONTH END- 5 TROPHIC STATUS: Autotrophic C02 FIXATION: C3 SEX: Perfect ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS: Found along roadsides, calcareous springy habitats, and rocky woods. ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS: GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS: GRAVEL No data entered SAND No data entered SANDY LOAM Good LOAM No data entered CLAY LOAM No data entered CLAY No data entered DENSE CLAY No data entered ORGANIC SOIL No data entered NEUTRAL pH Good ACIDIC SOIL No data entered EXTREMELY ACID No data entered SALINE SOIL No data entered SODIC SOIL No data entered SODIC-SALINE No data entered ROCKY OUTCROPS No data entered GENTLE SLOPES Good MODERATE SLOPE No data entered STEEP SLOPES No data entered HABITAT: Moist Dry FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS: MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS: BIRD -internal MAMMAL -internal HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA: EDIBLE: Yes SHOWY FLOWERS: YES AMOUNT: Medium LANDSCAPING: YES AMOUNT: Medium HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS: Edible fruit. WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION: FOOD VALUE: DEER VALUE: Yes - Fruit Leaves Stems UPLAND GAME VALUE: Unknown WATERFOWL VALUE: Unknown SMALL NON-GAME BIRD VALUE: Good - Fruit SMALL MAMMAL VALUE: Good - Fruit AQUATIC MAMMAL VALUE: Unknown FISH VALUE: Unknown COVER VALUE: DEER: No data WATERFOWL: No data SMALL MAMMAL: Good FISH: No data SMALL BIRD: Good UPLAND GAME: No data AQUATIC MAMMAL: No data 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: No data entered 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. White, J., and M. H. Madany. 1978. Classification of natural communities in Illinois. Pages 309-405 in J. White, ed., Illinois natural areas inventory technical report. Vol. 1. Survey methods and results. Illinois Natural Areas Inventory, Urbana. 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 prunifolium ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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