| Scientific Name: | Viburnum edule |
| Common Name: | moosewood, squashberry, mooseberry |
| Family Name: | Viburnaceae |
| Origin: | North America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright, Twiggy |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Mixed shrub border, Wildlife food |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Obovate, Orbicular, Dentate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Edible, Orange, Red, Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves with 3 shallow lobes towards apex (except for new leaves near stem tips), blades mostly obovate, 5-9(-12)cm long x 4-9(-13)cm wide, margin sharply toothed, petioles ~2cm long with a few glandular dots; corymb-like cymes with 3-20 white flowers 1-1.5cm wide; drupes oval to round, 8-12mm long, orange to red. Winter ID: twigs glabrous, 4-angled near tips; buds opposite, ovoid-rounded, stalked, 2 scales, valvate, dark red. | |