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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Honeysuckles, Moschatels, and Allies
  6. Viburnums, Moschatels, and Elders
  7. Viburnums
  8. Downy Arrowwood

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Downy Arrowwood

Viburnum rafinesqueanum

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

122 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Ochre Euchlaena Moth, White Spring Moth, Least-marked Euchlaena Moth, Marmara viburnella 39
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Sackenomyia commota 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Eriophyes paraviburni, Dark-shouldered Long-horned Beetle, Pine Grosbeak, Redpoll 19
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Valgus canaliculatus, Bimaculate Longhorn Beetle, Microclytus compressicollis, Brown-belted Bumble Bee 63

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Light
Part shade Dappled shade
Moisture
Dry Well drained
Water use
Low
Soil
Loam
Soil pH
Neutral
Drought tolerant
Yes
Resists
Compaction Salt
Habit
Dense Erect
Plant type
Shrub

From NC State Extension, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and USDA PLANTS.

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