Viburnum opulus
Cranberry Tree, Highbush Cranberry

Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle family)

Photo taken at Leavenworth Fish Hatchery, shaded woods near river (20 meters away)

Flowers:

outer flowers of the inflorescence enlarged, 1.5 to 2.5 cm wide, lacking stamens or pistils, inner flowers bisexual and fertile

Fruit:

red drupe, 1 seeded

Leaves:

opposite; generally trilobed, the lobes coarsely toothed or entire

Plant:

shrubs or small trees. The berries were eaten raw or made into a jelly by the Shuswap.

Habitat:

moist woods

Distribution of species:

circumboreal

Distribution of genus:

more or less 200 species: northern temperate and subtropical