| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viburnaceae | Sambucus | Elderberry, Elder |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. | ||
| Viburnaceae | Sambucus canadensis | Common Elderberry, American Elder | Bottomland and riparian forests, streambanks, thickets, marshes, swamps, seeps, spring runs, mesic upland forests, pond margins, pastures, fencerows, other disturbed areas. | NS west to MB, south to s. FL, TX; montane Mexico and Central America; West Indies. | (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Viburnaceae | Sambucus ebulus | Dwarf Elderberry, Danewort, Dwarf Elder | Roadsides, disturbed areas. | Native of Europe. |  (c) Boevski, Dimitǎr - CC-BY |
| Viburnaceae | Sambucus nigra | European Elderberry, European Elder | Disturbed areas, uncommonly cultivated. | Native of Europe. Reported for Petersburg, Dinwiddie County, VA by Fernald (1941). |  (c) Frumkin, Ron - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Viburnaceae | Sambucus racemosa var. pubens | Eastern Red Elderberry | Spruce-fir and northern hardwood forests, especially typical on boulderfield, talus, and other rocky situations, primarily at high elevations in the Mountains, though sometimes descending in our area (mainly in VA and northward) to low elevations (as low as 75 m). | S. racemosa var. pubens ranges from NL (Newfoundland) west to BC (?), south to PA, IN, IL, and in the mountains to w. NC, e. TN, and ne. GA (Jones & Coile 1988). |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnaceae | Viburnum Family |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. | ||
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum | Viburnum | (c) Fleming, Gary P. | ||
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum ×rhytidophylloides | Reported as escaping in Fairfax County, VA (Steury 2011). | |||
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum acerifolium | Mapleleaf Viburnum, Dockmackie | Mesic to dry forests and woodlands. | NB, ON, WI, and ne. IA south to Panhandle FL and e. TX. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum alabamense | Alabama Arrow-wood | Sandstone substrates, slopes, cobble bars in river scour. | Restricted to the Lookout Mountain region of ne. AL, in Cullman, DeKalb, and Marshall Counties and recently found to extend northwards into TN (White County; D. Estes, pers. comm., 2013). |  (c) Shorma, Jared - CC-BY |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum bracteatum | Limerock Arrow-wood | Rocky upland woodlands, bluffs, ledges, stream banks, usually over calcareous rock. | Se. TN south to nw. GA and ne. AL; disjunct westward in the Ozark region of s. MO, nw. AR, and e. OK. |  (c) Witsell, Theo - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum buddleifolium | Woolly Arrowwood | Native of e. Asia. |  (c) jaimebraschi - CC-BY-NC | |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum carlesii | Korean-spice Viburnum | Disturbed areas, such as suburban woodlands. | Native of e. Asia. See Vincent, Gardner, & Riley (2011) for details on its report from sw. OH; since also found at the Abraham Lincoln National Park (Birthplace Unit) in KY. |  (c) syvwlch - CC-BY |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum carolinianum | Carolina Arrow-wood | Moist to dry forests, rock outcrops, streambanks. | Sw. NC and adjacent GA and TN; remainder of distribution unclear at this time. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum cassinoides | Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod, Shawnee Haw | Bogs, moist forests, high elevation forests and outcrops, heath balds. | NL (Newfoundland), ON, and WI south to n. GA and n. AL. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum deamii | Indiana Arrow-wood | Streamsides, floodplains, and swampy forests. | S. OH, n. KY, west through s. IN and s. IL to ne. MO, primarily in the Ohio River Valley. |  (c) Littlefield, Tara Rose - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum dentatum | Arrow-wood | Marshes, streambanks, swamps, other moist places. | East of the Appalachians, from se. PA and sw. NJ south to s. SC and ne. GA, with scattered records westward to sw. NC, nc. TN, sw. VA, n. WV, and w. MD. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum dilatatum | Linden Viburnum | Suburban woodlands, other less disturbed forests. | Native of e. Asia. |  (c) 渡辺仁, Hitoshi WATANABE - CC-BY |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum lantana | Wayfaring Tree | Widely planted, sometimes escaped or persistent. | Native of Eurasia. Reported as naturalized as far south as MD (Kartesz 1999), KY (Weckman et al. 2002), and VA (Steury 2011). |  (c) Santarelli, Emanuele - CC-BY-SA |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum lantanoides | Hobblebush, Witch's-hobble, Tangle-legs, Moosewood | Spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests, boulderfields, southwards (as in the Southern Blue Ridge of NC, TC, sw. VA, and n. GA) primarily over 1000 m elevation. | NB and ON south to w. NC, ne. GA, e. TN, and OH. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum lentago | Nannyberry, Sheepberry | Shrubby stream-bottoms, other wetlands and wetland margins, also in rocky or sandy uplands. | NB and SK south to w. VA, sw. NC, MO, and CO. Reported in the past for GA (Kartesz 1999) and from AL; these reports appear to be based on misidentifications. Also reported as naturalizing from plantings in Alexandria, VA (Steury 2011). |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum macrocephalum | Chinese Snowball | Suburban areas near plantings. | Native of China. Reported as naturalized in the Mountains of NC (Pittillo 2003, pers. comm.). |  (c) 利刃 - CC-BY-NC |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum molle | Soft Arrow-wood | Mesic to subxeric bluffs, talus, and steep, forested slopes, usually over calcareous rock. | Scattered, discontinuous range (but locally may occur in several contiguous counties) from sw. OH, nc. IN, wc. IL, and se. IA south to sc. TN, nw. AR; disjunct in sw. IA. |  (c) Keesling, Jim - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum nitidum | Bogs and swamps. | Ne. NC (or se. VA?) south to n. FL, west to e. TX; rarely inland, as in w. NC. |  (c) Pyne, Milo - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum nudum | Southern Wild Raisin, Possumhaw | Bogs, blackwater floodplains, wooded seeps, swamps, margins of ponds and lakes, especially in areas with acidic groundwater influence. | RI, CT, and NY south to c. peninsular FL, west to TX, inland to w. NC, TN, w. KY, and AR. |  (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum obovatum | Small-leaf Viburnum, Walter's Viburnum | Alluvial forests, calcareous glades and woodlands. | E. SC south to s. FL, west to FL Panhandle and se. AL. |  (c) Keim, Mary - CC-BY-NC-SA, permission granted to NCBG |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum odoratissimum | Sweet Viburnum | Suburban woodlands, used horticulturally and spreading into natural areas. | Native of e. Asia. |  (c) Christofides, Lucas - CC0 |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum opulus | Guelder-rose, Snowball | Commonly cultivated, and rarely persistent or escaping. | Native of Europe. Well-established in KY (Weckman et al. 2002). |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum plicatum | Japanese Snowball, Doublefile Viburnum | Suburban woodlands. | Native of e. Asia. Reported as naturalizing in various states, including n. VA (Steury 2011), se. and sw. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993), OH (Cooperrider 1995), MI (Voss 1996), and others, and apparently becoming more aggressive. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum prunifolium | Black Haw, Nannyberry | Bottomland and riparian forests, stream banks, bluffs, mesic upland forests. | NY, MI, WI, IA, and KS south to GA, AL, MS, LA, and TX. |  (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum rafinesqueanum | Downy Arrow-wood | Dry-mesic to dry woodlands and forests, especially over mafic rocks (but not at all restricted to such sites), less commonly in moister sites, also bluffs, stream banks, and riparian forests. | NH, QC and MB south to n. GA, AL, AR, and OK; apparently not yet recorded for SC. | (c) Fleming, Gary P. |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum recognitum | Smooth Arrow-wood | Marshes, moist forests, streambanks. | ME, NY, and OH south to e. SC, c. GA, and ne. AL. Most populations reported form further west (IN, IL, WI, MI, MO) are either misidentifications or introductions from horticulture, but material from AR seems to be bonafide and native. Reports from the Gulf Coast are all likely misidentifications of other taxa in the complex (such as V. scabrellum). |  (c) Kluge, Mark - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum rhytidophyllum | Leatherleaf Viburnum | Planted and rarely naturalizing. | Native of c. and w. China. First reported for NC by Pittillo & Brown (1988): "naturalized beneath hedges on the campus of Western Carolina University" (Jackson County, NC). Elsewhere escaping at least as far south as KY (Weckman et al. 2002). |  (c) Mende, Stephan - CC-BY |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum rufidulum | Southern Black Haw, Rusty Black-haw | Dry woodlands, dry-mesic woodlands and forests, glade margins, especially common over calcareous or mafic rocks (but not at all restricted to such sites), less commonly in bottomland forests and on stream banks. | C. VA, OH, IL, and KS south to n. peninsular FL, TX, and Mexico (COA). |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum scabrellum | Southern Arrow-wood | Streambanks, marshes, swamps, other moist sites. | A Coastal Plain endemic, ranging from se. GA south to c. peninsular FL, west to e. TX; with scattered collections north to ec. GA (Richmond County), ne. AL (Cherokee County), nw. AL (Lamar County), c. MS, and n. LA. |  (c) Hill, Sonnia |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum setigerum | Tea Viburnum | Suburban forests, commonly planted horticulturally, escaping into nearby forests and woodlands. | Native of China. Naturalizing at Guilford Courthouse National Military Park (Greensboro, Guilford County, NC), in Battle Park (Chapel Hill, Orange County, NC), and elsewhere in our area. Also naturalizing in KY (Weckman et al. 2002). |  (c) Conboy, Andrew - CC-BY |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum sieboldii | Siebold’s Viburnum | Suburban forests, commonly planted horticulturally. | Native of c. and s. Japan. Naturalizing in VA (Steury 2011) and KY (Weckman et al. 2002). |  (c) Conboy, Andrew - CC-BY |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum trilobum | Cranberry-tree, Highbush-cranberry | Wet forests, along streams. | NL (Newfoundland) and BC south to s. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993), NJ, n. WV, OH, IL, NE, and WY. |  (c) Steven, Daniel - C, permission granted to NCBG |
| Viburnaceae | Viburnum venosum | Moist places. | E. MA, RI, s. Long Island, NY (and reputedly as far south as e. MD and e. VA). |  (c) Wang, Zihao - CC-BY |