Flowers: Many in broad, round-topped clusters, appearing during April and May, each flower small and white.
Fruit: Fleshy, oval to ellipsoid, blue-black, up to ⅔ inch long, sweet, containing a single stone.
Wood: Hard, heavy, strong but brittle, coarse-grained, reddish-brown.
Use: Sometimes planted as an ornamental.
Habitat: Rocky woods.
Range: Connecticut across to Michigan, southwest to Kansas, south to Texas, east to Florida.
Distinguishing Features: Black Haw differs from the Sweet Viburnum by the absence of wings along the leafstalks. It differs from the Rusty Nannyberry by the absence of rusty hairs on the buds and leafstalks.
RUSTY NANNYBERRY
Viburnum rufidulum Raf.
Other Name: Southern Black Haw.