Blackhaw  Viburnum prunifolium
 
Common Name Blackhaw 
Scientific Name Viburnum prunifolium
Height/ Width 12-15' / 8-12'
Shape rounded
Sun/Shade Sun or shade.  Bloom and fruit better with more sun.
Leaf Color Dark green in summer, purplish in fall. 
Soil Good in dry soils
Disease Susceptibility None serious.
Wildlife Value High - palatable to humans. 
 Notes Transplants well. More resistant to mildew than Nannyberry.
  Prairie Nursery Heartland Restoration Enders Taylor Creek Possibility Place
Costs
from Spring 2001 catalog

Information on Viburnum prunifolium:
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=VIBLEN
- Hightshoe, Gary L. Native Trees, Shrubs, and Vines for Urban and Rural America. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, 1988
- Dirr, Michael A. Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses.  3rd edition.  Champaign: Stipes Pub. Co.  1983.
- Harstad, Carolyn. Go Native! Gardening with Native Plants and Wildflowers in the Lower Midwest.  Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1999