{"id":5840,"date":"2012-02-15T11:18:04","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T16:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/?page_id=5840"},"modified":"2024-02-07T13:22:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T18:22:17","slug":"american-cranberrybush","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/weed-images\/woody-weeds\/american-cranberrybush\/","title":{"rendered":"American cranberrybush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Prepared by Jennifer L. D&#8217;Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated February 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scientific name: <\/strong><em>Viburnum opulus <\/em>L. var<em> americanum<\/em> Aiton. <em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Common name(s): <\/strong>American cranberrybush, American cranberrybush viburnum, highbush-cranberry, cranberry viburnum<\/p>\n<p><strong>Link(s): <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/home\/plantProfile?symbol=VIOPA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USDA PLANTS Profile<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildflower.org\/plants\/result.php?id_plant=VIOPA2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPIN Profile<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org\/species\/viburnum\/opulus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go Botany<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Images:<\/strong> (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image, then right click and choose &#8220;view image&#8221;)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5840 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/03\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/03\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Viburnum opulus var americanum in fruit, mid-August\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/03\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/03\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-1-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9868'>\n\t\t\t\tfruiting, mid-August\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/03\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/03\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Viburnum opulus var americanum leaf arrangement\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-9870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/03\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/03\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-6-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-9870'>\n\t\t\t\tleaf arrangement\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/03\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/03\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Viburnum opulus var americanum leaves\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/03\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2014\/03\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-4-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/01\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-2-opt.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/01\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-2-opt-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Viburnum opulus var americanum\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/01\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-2-opt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2019\/01\/Viburnum-opulus-var-americanum-2-opt-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14115'>\n\t\t\t\tfruit detail\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-erect native shrub<\/p>\n<p>-can reach 6-10 feet in height<\/p>\n<p>-close branching<\/p>\n<p>-leaves are<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>opposite<\/li>\n<li>3-lobed maple-like leaves<\/li>\n<li>2 to 5 inches long<\/li>\n<li>In the fall the leaves become scarlet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>-white flowers bloom late May and early June and measure 3 to 4 inches across<\/p>\n<p>-The fruit ripens in September and October<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>resembles the true cranberry in size and color<\/li>\n<li>is more translucent when ripe<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; may be confused with <em>V. acerifolium<\/em>; see left sidebar on <a href=\"https:\/\/gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org\/species\/viburnum\/opulus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go Botany<\/a> webpage<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; two subspecies in New England, the native ssp. <em>trilobum<\/em> and non-native ssp. <em>opulus<\/em>; see <em>Flora Novae Angliae<\/em> information on Go Botany webpage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-well drained to poorly drained soils<\/p>\n<p><strong>Agriculture:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-can be used as a windbreaker<\/p>\n<p>-source of wildlife food<\/p>\n<p>-Twigs are eaten by deer, moose and beaver<\/p>\n<p>-Fruits are food for ruffed grouse,\u00a0 pheasants and songbirds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Natural History:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-the fruit has been used o make preserves<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>USDA. \u201cAMERICAN CRANBERRYBUSHViburnum Opulus L. Var. Americanum Ait.\u201d <i>Plant Fact Sheet <\/i>, USDA NRCS Plant Materials Program, Feb. 2002, plants.usda.gov\/factsheet\/pdf\/fs_viopa2.pdf.<\/p>\n<p>Haines, A., Farnsworth, E., Morrison, G., &amp; New England Wild Flower Society. (2011). <i>New England Wildflower Society\u2019s Flora Novae Angliae: A manual for the identification of native and naturalized higher vascular plants of New England<\/i>. Framingham, MA: New England Wild Flower Society. p. 310.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepared by Jennifer L. D&#8217;Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated February 2018. Scientific name: Viburnum opulus L. var americanum Aiton. Common name(s): American cranberrybush, American cranberrybush viburnum, highbush-cranberry, cranberry viburnum Link(s): USDA PLANTS Profile, NPIN Profile, Go Botany Images: (to see enlargements [PC]: click on image, then right click and choose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":0,"parent":3409,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5840","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>American cranberrybush - Cooperative Extension: Maine Wild Blueberries - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/blueberries\/weed-images\/woody-weeds\/american-cranberrybush\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"American cranberrybush - Cooperative Extension: Maine Wild Blueberries - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prepared by Jennifer L. 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