Viburnum prunifolium

Blackhaw Viburnum, Blackhaw, Black Haw

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Family: Viburnaceae (Moschatel family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: March - April
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: September - October

Blackhaw Viburnum typically is a large, upright, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub. It has simple opposite leaves with finely serrated margins. The leaves turn red in autumn. Its new branchlets are red at first, then green, finally dark brown tinged with red. Blackhaw Viburnum's bears its flowers in cymes, with each flower having five petals that are creamy white.

23 April 2017 Conway Robinson State Forest, Haymarket, VA	26 April 2018 Crows Nest Natural Area Preserve, Stafford, VA	26 April 2018 Crows Nest Natural Area Preserve, Stafford, VA (typical mature bark)	5 December 2015 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (twig end in winter)
26 April 2018 Crows Nest Natural Area Preserve, Stafford, VA	12 April 2017 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA	23 April 2017 Conway Robinson State Forest, Haymarket, VA	13 April 2023 Great Falls National Park, Great Falls, VA
8 November 2017 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA	8 November 2017 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA	5 December 2015 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (dried ripe fruit; note red stems)	5 December 2015 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA (seed; flesh from fruit removed)

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