Other common names:
Sheepberry, Sweet Sweet Viburnum Family: Honeysuckle Family (Caprifoliaceae) Distinctive features: Shrub, Similar species: • Wild Raisin (Viburnum nudum) - very similar, a more northern shrub. Flowers: Spring; White; 5 parts (petals) Leaves: Opposite/Whorled; Simple; Toothed Height:
5-6 m (15-20 ft) Fruit/Seeds:
Fruits contain a single hard round flat seed Habitat:
Riverbanks, woods edges, roadsides. Grows in Sun/Shade:
Sun Edible:
Fruits are edible. Books: Trees in Canada: 176 Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: 302 Shrubs of Ontario: 465 Native/Non-native:
Native Status:
Common
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An overall view of a Nannyberry shrub. This one is about 7 feet tall.
Unopened flowers in the late spring.
Ripening berries, in August.
A mixture of ripe and ripening berries, in late summer.
Nannyberry berries stay on the shrub into winter. Note the flat seed with a ridge along the middle at the left of the photo. This is Nannyberry's "trademark." The berries are edible.
Winter twig.
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