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'''''Viburnum trilobum''''' ('''cranberrybush viburnum''', '''American cranberrybush''', or '''high bush cranberry''') is a species of ''[[Viburnum]]'' native to northern [[North America]], from [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] west to [[British Columbia]], south to [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] state and east to northern [[Virginia]].<ref>{{PLANTS |symbol=VIOPA2 |taxon=Viburnum opulus var. americanum |access-date=2009-02-05 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/projects/scp/assessments/viburnumopulusvaramericanum.pdf |first=James E. |last=Nellessen |date=2006 |title=''Viburnum opulus'' L. var. ''americanum'' (Mill.) Ait. (American cranberrybush): A Technical Conservation Assessment |publisher=USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Species Conservation Project}}</ref> It is very closely related to the [[Europe]]an and [[Asia]]n ''[[Viburnum opulus]]'', and is often treated as a [[variety (biology)|variety]] of it, as ''Viburnum opulus'' [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]] var. ''americanum'' [[William Aiton|Ait.]], or as a [[subspecies]], ''[[Viburnum opulus]]'' subsp. ''trilobum'' (Marshall) Clausen.
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'''Cranberrybush viburnum''', '''American cranberrybush''', or '''high bush cranberry'''
[[File:Viburnum trilobum (highbush cranberry).png|left|upright|thumb|Fall foliage - Viburnum trilobum]]
 
[[File:Viburnum opulus flowers.jpg|thumb|right|Detail of the inflorescence]]
 
  
==Description==
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[[Category:Adoxaceae]]
It is a [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] growing to {{cvt|4|m|ft|0}} tall. The [[Bark (botany)|bark]] is gray and rough and has a scaly texture. The stems arch and are very dense, and the twigs are a reddish-brown color. The leaves are opposite, three-lobed, {{cvt|6–12|cm|in|frac=4}} long and {{cvt|5–10|cm|in|frac=4}} broad, with a rounded base and serrated margins; they are superficially similar to many [[maple]] leaves, most easily distinguished by their somewhat wrinkled surface with impressed leaf venation. The leaf buds are green. The bud scales are [[bud|valvate]]. The [[flower]]s are white, produced in [[corymb]]s up to {{cvt|13|cm|in|frac=4}} in diameter at the top of the stems; each corymb comprises a ring of outer sterile flowers {{cvt|2-2.5|cm|in|frac=8}} diameter with conspicuous petals, surrounding a center of small ({{cvt|5|mm|in|2|disp=comma}}), fertile flowers; the flowers are [[pollinated]] by [[insect]]s. The [[fruit]] is an oblong red [[drupe]] {{cvt|15|mm|in|2}} long and {{cvt|12|mm|in|2}} broad, containing a single flat, white [[seed]]. Plants begin to produce fruit at approximately five years of age; when animals, including birds, eat the fruits, they deposit the seeds in another location in their droppings.
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[[Category:Plants for Keenan to eat]]
 
 
==Uses==
 
Although often called "highbush cranberry", it is not a [[cranberry]]. The name comes from the red fruits which look superficially like cranberries, and have a similar flavor and ripen at the same time of year. The fruits, sour and rich in [[vitamin C]], can be eaten raw or cooked into a sauce to serve with meat or game.<ref name=UMaine>{{cite web | url = http://extension.umaine.edu/cranberries/highbush-cranberry/ | title = Highbush Cranberry | accessdate = 2010-03-13 | publisher = [[University of Maine]] Cooperative Extension}}</ref>  The [[Inupiat]] mix the berries with [[rosehips]] and [[Ribes triste]] and boil them into a syrup.<ref>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Anore |date=1983 |title=Nauriat Niginaqtuat: Plants That We Eat |place=Kotzebue, Alaska |publisher=Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program |page=105}}</ref>
 
 
 
==Pests and diseases==
 
The larvae and adults of the [[Pyrrhalta viburni|Viburnum leaf beetle]] feed on the leaves and may completely defoliate the plant, and repeated damage can kill it.<ref name=UMaine/>
 
 
 
==In culture==
 
This is a commonly used berry in western Canadian cultures.  Peoples of various origins both Native and European have used the berries for many years.
 
 
 
The Canadian French name for the berries is ''pembina''. The name pembina was then applied to [[Pembina River (disambiguation)|three rivers]], one in Manitoba and North Dakota, one in Ontario, and one in Alberta.
 
 
 
The Ukrainians call the berry '''''kalyna''''', which is now the name of an ecomusem in Alberta, [[Kalyna Country]] associated with [[Ukrainian Canadians]].
 
 
 
In [[Ukraine]], ''[[Viburnum opulus]]'' (kalyna) is seen as a national symbol, an emblem for both the [[Koliada]] festivities and the concept of young girl’s love and tenderness. It is the key element of the Ukrainian traditional [[wreath]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kievcolours.com/articles/13.html |script-title=uk:Верба и калина - символы Украины |trans-title=''Verba'' and ''kalyna'' are Ukraine’s national symbols |via=kievcolours.com |quote={{lang|uk|Калина… символизировала праздник Коляды, Рождества мира. Надругательство над ней покрывало человека позором, также как и убийство аиста.}} (Kalyna symbolized the [[Kolyada]] festivities. Somebody who’d kill a stork or abuse kalyna was considered forever disgraced.)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://myphs.jimdo.com/2013/07/23/%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0/ |title=The herbs. Myths and Legends |via=myphs.jimdo.com |quote={{lang|uk|Без верби і калини нема України}} (Without ''verba'' [pussy-willow] and ''kalyna'' [viburnum], there is no Ukraine.)}}</ref>
 
 
 
==References==
 
{{Reflist}}
 
 
 
==External links==
 
{{Commons}}
 
*{{Missouri Plants |color=White |leaf=opp |genus=Viburnum |species=opulus |link=1}}
 
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060813205747/http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/v/vibtri/vibtri1.html UConn Plant Database: ''Viburnum trilobum'']
 
 
 
{{Taxonbar|from=Q210971}}
 
 
 
[[Category:Berries]]
 
[[Category:First Nations culture]]
 
[[Category:Flora of Alberta]]
 
[[Category:Flora of Ontario]]
 
[[Category:Plants used in Native American cuisine]]
 
[[Category:Viburnum|trilobum]]
 

Latest revision as of 21:20, 13 September 2018

Viburnum trilobum
Highbush Cranberry.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Adoxaceae
Genus: Viburnum
Species:
V. trilobum
Binomial name
Viburnum trilobum
Viburnum opulus americanum range map 3.png
Natural range of Viburnum trilobum

Cranberrybush viburnum, American cranberrybush, or high bush cranberry