Plant
Mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
A small native deciduous shrub of eastern hardwood forest understory — leaves resemble three-lobed maple leaves (hence the common name), creamy-white flat-topped flower clusters in late spring, blue-black berries in late summer, and notable pink-purple-red fall foliage. Common in Staten Island's Greenbelt understory. One of the more shade-tolerant native shrubs; thrives where many others fail.
Scientific
Viburnum acerifolium is a 3–6 ft deciduous shrub of eastern hardwood forest understory. Distinctive three-lobed maple-like leaves; flat clusters of small white flowers in late May; blue-black drupes in late summer.
One of the more shade-tolerant native shrubs — persists in deep forest understory where most flowering shrubs cannot reproduce. Spreads slowly by root suckers; forms loose colonies rather than dense thickets.
Fall color is striking — pink-purple-red leaves, often more conspicuous than spring or summer presence. Among the borough’s better understory fall-color shrubs.
Like other viburnums, susceptible to viburnum leaf beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni) — though mapleleaf viburnum is typically less heavily damaged than some other native viburnums.
On Staten Island
Common in the Greenbelt’s understory and on shaded forest sites borough-wide. One of the more reliably-encountered native flowering shrubs in deeper forest where flowering plants are sparse.
See also
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- Counterpart to: [[arrowwood-viburnum]]
- Member of: [[plants]]
- Contained by: [[staten-island]]
Sources
- USDA NRCS Plants Database: mapleleaf viburnum
- USFS native-shrub references
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