Viburnum dentatum

Habitat: swamps and wet woods, bogs, floodplain forests, stream banks; low, wet acid-sand habitats

Wildlife value: It is a potential host for the Spring Azure butterfly.  Its fruits are eaten by songbirds, grouse, wild turkeys and squirrels.

Notes: Stems very straight, nice structure in winter. Very adaptable to varying sun and soil. Two are needed to produce fruit. Not very drought tolerant. Suckering. The most salt-tolerant of the viburnums. Needs protection from deer until it outgrows them.