Viburnum scabrellum (Torrey & A. Gray) Chapman. Common name: Southern Arrow-wood. Habitat: Streambanks, marshes, swamps, other moist sites. Distribution: 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.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Other Comments: Expected in s. AR, but no specimens seen. Specimens of V. dentatum from s. SC show signs of hybridization. Mohr (1901) and some other 19th century authors misapplied the name V. molle to it.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Viburnum dentatum L. var. scabrellum Torr. & A.Gray — Ar, C, Il, Tx; = Viburnum dentatum L. var. venosum (Britton) Gleason — G; < Viburnum dentatum L. — Fl7, GW2, K4, W, WH3, Ferguson (1966a); < Viburnum dentatum L. var. dentatum — RAB; > Viburnum scabrellum (Torr. & A.Gray) Chapm. var. ashei (Bush) McAtee — McAtee (1956); > Viburnum scabrellum (Torr. & A.Gray) Chapm. var. scabrellum — McAtee (1956); < Viburnum semitomentosum (Michx.) Rehder — S, misapplied. Basionym: Viburnum dentatum L. var. scabrellum Torr. & A.Gray 1841
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (taxonomic lump from wetland indicator species)
- 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 ⓘ: 3
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