Witherod Viburnum (Viburnum cassinoides )
Also known as withe-rod, northern wild raisin, blue haw, swamp haw.
Many authorities lump this taxon in with possumhaw (Viburnum nudum) as var. cassinoides. We follow POWO and FSUS, treating it as its own species.
↑Range - Expand
Legend | Color |
Native | |
Native or Not Present |
This tentative map is based on our own research. It may have limited data on Canada and/or Mexico, and there is some subjectivity in our assignment of plants as introduced vs. expanded. Read more in this blog post.
Although this plant occurs somewhere in each of these regions, it may only occur in a small part of some or all of them.
↑Links & External Resources
• witherod viburnum | Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder (About This Site)
• Witherod | Maryland Biodiversity Project (About This Site)
• Viburnum cassinoides L. (Northern Wild Raisin, Withe-rod) | Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (About This Site)
• Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides | NatureServe Explorer (About This Site)
• Viburnum nudum L. var. cassinoides (L.) Torr. & A. Gray withe-rod | USDA PLANTS Database (About This Site)
• Viburnum nudum‡ | Go Botany (About This Site)
• Possumhaw Viburnum‡ | Virginia Tech Dendrology Factsheets (About This Site)
• Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides | Biota of North America Project (BONAP) (About This Site)
Different Taxonomic Treatments
‡ These links refer to a larger population than covered by this page.