PLANTS Profile for Viburnum plicatum (Japanese snowball)

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Viburnum plicatum Thunb.
Japanese snowball

Symbol:

VIPL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caprifoliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Viburnum plicatum Thunb.

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Synonyms:
Viburnum plicatum Thunb.

	VIPLT	Viburnum plicatum Thunb. var. tomentosum (Thunb.) Miq.
	VITO2	Viburnum tomentosum Thunb.

Distribution:
Viburnum plicatum Thunb.


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USA (CT, DC, DE, MA, MI, NY, OH, OR, PA)

Related Taxa:
Viburnum plicatum Thunb.

View 11 genera in Caprifoliaceae, 35 species in Viburnum

Classification:
Viburnum plicatum Thunb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Dipsacales
Family	Caprifoliaceae – Honeysuckle family
Genus	Viburnum L. – viburnum
Species	Viburnum plicatum Thunb. – Japanese snowball

Introduced Information:
Viburnum plicatum Thunb.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Viburnum plicatum Thunb.

Nat. Ind.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Viburnum plicatum Thunb.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 35272.

Time Generated: 09/22/2008 08:52 AM MDT