Michigan Trees: A Handbook of the Native and Most Important Introduced Species

by Charles Herbert Otis

1. Winter twig, with leaf buds, × 1.

2. Winter twig, with flower bud, × 1.

3. Leaf, × 3/4.

4. Flower, enlarged.

5. Fruiting branchlet, × 1/2.

CAPRIFOLIACEAE

Sheepberry. Nannyberry

Viburnum lentago L.

HABIT.—A low tree or shrub 15-25 feet high, with a short trunk 6-10 inches in diameter; numerous tortuous branches form a wide, compact, rounded crown.