Viburnum alabamense (McAtee) Sorrie. Common name: Alabama Arrow-wood. Habitat: Sandstone substrates, slopes, cobble bars in river scour. Distribution: Restricted to the Lookout Mountain region of ne. Alabama, in Cullman, DeKalb, and Marshall Counties and recently found to extend northwards into Tennessee (White County; D. Estes, pers. comm., 2013).
ID notes: We believe taxon "alabamense" is closer to nominate V. dentatum than to V. recognitum), due to the stellate-hairy petioles and broad ovate-rotund leaf shape. HoweverV. alabamense has several characters that diverge from V. dentatum: stipitate-glandular cymes (vs. eglandular), cyme nodes and branches with white hairs (glabrate in V. recognitum), and fruits with glandular surfaces (vs. eglandular); thus deserving specific status (Weakley et al. 2011).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: See Weakley et al. (2011) for additional information.
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA18, NS, POWO, Tn; = Viburnum recognitum Fernald var. alabamense McAtee — McAtee (1956); < Viburnum dentatum L. var. lucidum W. Aiton; < Viburnum recognitum Fernald — K1, K4. Basionym: Viburnum recognitum Fernald var. alabamense McAtee 1953
Links to other floras: = Viburnum alabamense - FNA18
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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