| Scientific Name: | Viburnum opulus var. americanum |
| Common Name: | American cranberry bush, highbush cranberry |
| Family Name: | Viburnaceae |
| Origin: | North America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Herb, Mixed shrub border, Native planting, Reclamation, Screening, Spring interest, Summer interest, Tall background, Urban agriculture, Waterside planting, Wildlife food, Winter interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Bog, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Pubescent, Obovate, Pinnately lobed, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Edible, Orange, Red, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Shrub up to 4m tall; leaves opposite, irregularly dentate with 3 lobes toward the apex half of blade, most blades obovate, 13-17cm long x 12-16cm wide, pubescence usually only on underside veins, petiole with shallow grove and small glands; inflorescence hydrangea-like, outer sterile flowers about 2cm wide, petals fused at base, white, inner fertile flowers 3-4mm wide; drupes cranberry-like, most 8-11mm wide, scarlet red, edible. Winter ID: smooth grey bark, twigs glabrous, lateral buds opposite, smooth, most 8-10mm wide | |