Viburnum acerifolium
Common Name: Maple leaf Viburnum, Dogmackie
Family: Caprifoliaceae

NATIVE

Talcott Mountain, Bloomfield, CT (all photos)

Plant is Native to: eastern United States; hardy to zone 4.
Plant Height at maturity: 4' to 6' tall with a similar width.
Plant Habit and Form: Deciduous small shrub, with an upright erect form. Sends out suckers and is multi stemmed. In the wild, develops large open colonies. Has a moderate growth rate and medium texture.
Foliage: Opposite leaf arrangement of simple ovate leaf with 3 lobes. 2" to 4" long and wide. Leaf margins are coarsely dentate; lobes acute to acuminate. Color is dark green, and top surface slightly pubescent. Reddish-purple fall color.

Bark: Pubescent, brown stems.
Flower: Yellowish-white flowers in a 1" to 3" flat-topped terminal cyme, on a long stem; blooms in June.
Fruit/Seed: Fruit is black, egg-shaped, 1/3" drupe. Ripens in September and persists into winter.
Growing Requirements: Prefers well-drained, mildly acidic soil in full sun to shade. Flowers on new wood.
Problems and Drawbacks: Bacterial leaf spot, nematodes. Rootstocks tend to sucker.
Special Uses: Extremely shade tolerant, therefore good for naturalizing in woodlands. Shrub borders, mass plantings; good fruiting effect.
ID Tips/Remarks: Small, black, egg-shaped drupe. Lobed leaves with dentate leaf margins, roughly similar to maple leaf.
Bibliography:
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/v/vibace/vibace1.html
Dirr, Michael A. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, 1998 Stipes Publishing, Champaigne, IL