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Smooth Blackhaw

Viburnum prunifolium

Found in bottomland and riparian forests, stream banks, bluffs, moist upland forests. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
About 16 feet
Spread
6–12 feet
Light
Partial sun, Full sun
Soil moisture
Dry to average

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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Leaves
Deciduous
Bloom
March to April
Fruiting season
September to October

Recorded in 21 Alabama counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Forests and woodlands

Trail on Little Kennesaw Mountain.
Named place / source context. Shown: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia, a neighboring state.Trail on Little Kennesaw Mountain., Unidentified in HFC record, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

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Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food. 129 animals.

All wildlife of Alabama

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

88CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Viburnum

  • Celastrina ladonSpring Azure
  • Hemaris thysbeHummingbird Clearwing
  • Acasis viridataOlive-and-Black Carpet
  • Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
  • Achatia distinctaDistinct Quaker
  • Acronicta fallaxThe Green Marvel
  • Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
  • Adoneta spinuloidesPurple-Crested Slug
  • Agnorisma badinodisPale-Banded Dart
  • Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
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  • Amphipyra pyramidoidesMiranda Underwing, Copper Underwing, Copper Amphipyra
  • Anagrapha falciferaCelery Looper Moth
  • Anania tertialisCrowned Anania, Crowned Phlyctaenia
  • Anavitrinella pampinariaCommon Gray, Cranberry Spanworm
  • Antepione thisoariaVariable Antepione
  • Apatelodes torrefactaSpotted Apatelodes
  • Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
  • Archips purpuranaOmnivorous Leafroller Moth
  • Argyrotaenia juglandanaHickory Leafroller
  • Argyrotaenia marianaGray-Banded Leafroller Moth
  • Argyrotaenia velutinanaRed-Banded Leafroller Moth, Jack Pine Tube Moth
  • Automeris ioIo Moth
  • Calledapteryx dryopterataBrown Scoopwing
  • Callophrys henriciHenry's Elfin
  • Callosamia prometheaPromethea Silkmoth, Promethea Moth
  • Cecrita guttivittaMaple Prominent, Saddled Prominent
  • Cenopis diluticostanaSpring Dead-Leaf Roller Moth, Oak Cenopis
  • Cenopis reticulatanaReticulated Fruitworm Moth
  • Choristoneura parallelaParallel-Banded Leafroller, Spotted Fireworm Moth
  • Choristoneura rosaceanaOblique-Banded Leafroller Moth, Rosaceous Leaf Roller
  • Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
  • Darapsa choerilusAzalea Sphinx
  • Eacles imperialisImperial Moth, Imperial Spiny Caterpillar
  • Ennomos subsignariaElm Spanworm Moth
  • Erannis tiliariaLinden Looper Moth, Western Winter Moth, Lime Looper
  • Euchlaena irrariaLeast-Marked Euchlaena
  • Euchlaena marginariaOchre Euchlaena
  • Euphydryas phaetonThe Baltimore, The Black Checker
  • Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
  • Euplexia benesimilisAmerican Angle Shades
  • Eupsilia morrisoniMorrison's Sallow
  • Eutrapela clematariaCurved-Tooth Geometer, Purplish Brown Looper
  • Glyptocera consobrinellaViburnum Glyptocera, Glyptocera Moth
  • Halysidota tessellarisBanded Tussock Moth, Pale Tiger Moth
  • Harrisimemna trisignataHarris's Three-Spot
  • Hemaris diffinisSnowberry Clearwing
  • Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
  • Hypena scabraGreen Cloverworm Bomolocha, Black Snout
  • Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
  • Iridopsis defectariaBrown-Shaded Gray, Willow Looper
  • Iridopsis ephyrariaPale-Winged Gray
  • Iridopsis larvariaBent-Line Gray
  • Kocakina fidelisIntractable Quaker, Green Fruitworm, Fourlined Green Fruitworm
  • Lomographa vestaliataWhite Spring Moth
  • Lytrosis unitariaCommon Lytrosis
  • Machimia tentoriferellaGold-Striped Leaftier Moth
  • Megalopyge opercularisSouthern Flannel Moth, Puss Caterpillar
  • Melanolophia canadariaCanadian Melanolphia, Variable Redmarked Looper
  • Metaxaglaea semitariaFootpath Sallow
  • Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
  • Morrisonia evictaBicolored Woodgrain
  • Oedemasia concinnaRed-Humped Caterpillar, Red-Humped Appleworm
  • Oiketicus abbotiiAbbot's Bagworm Moth
  • Oreta roseaRose Hooktip
  • Orgyia leucostigmaWhite-Marked Tussock Moth
  • Orthosia rubescensRuby Quaker
  • Packardia geminataJeweled Tail Slug Moth
  • Pandemis limitataThree-Lined Leafroller Moth
  • Paonias excaecataBlinded Sphinx, Blind Eyed Sphinx
  • Phlogophora periculosaBrown Angle Shades
  • Plagodis alcoolariaHollow-Spotted Plagodis
  • Plagodis pulverariaAmerican Barred Umber, Barred Umber
  • Platynota idaeusalisTufted Apple-Bud Moth
  • Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
  • Prochoerodes lineolaLarge Maple Spanworm Moth
  • Pyrrharctia isabellaIsabella Tiger Moth, Banded Woolybear
  • Schizura badiaChestnut Schizura
  • Schizura ipomaeaeMorning-Glory Prominent, Checkered-Fringe Prominent
  • Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
  • Spoladea recurvalisHawaiian Beet Webworm
  • Synanthedon fatiferaLesser Viburnum Clearwing
  • Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
  • Tetracis cachexiataWhite Slant-Line
  • Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
  • Xestia dolosaGreater Black-Letter Dart, Greater Spotted Cutworm
  • Zale horridaHorrid Zale, Sacled Zale
  • Acleris placidana
  • Anacampsis rhoifructella
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
17BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Viburnum

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
18BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Viburnum

  • Bombycilla cedrorumCedar Waxwing
  • Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
  • Acanthis flammeaCommon Redpoll
  • Aix sponsaWood Duck
  • Bonasa umbellusRuffed Grouse
  • Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
  • Catharus minimus/bicknelliGray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
  • Catharus ustulatusSwainson's Thrush
  • Falcipennis canadensisSpruce Grouse
  • Lagopus lagopusWillow Ptarmigan
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  • Meleagris gallopavoWild Turkey
  • Mimus polyglottosNorthern Mockingbird
  • Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
  • Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird
  • Sturnus vulgarisEuropean Starling
  • Vireo griseusWhite-eyed Vireo
  • Vireo olivaceusRed-eyed Vireo
  • Vireo solitariusBlue-headed Vireo
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

Flies 15
  • Archytas analis
  • Bombylius pulchellus
  • Chilosia petulca
  • Criorhina decora
  • Criorhina umbratilis
  • Empis otiosa
  • Graphomyia americana
  • Gymnosoma fuliginosa
  • Helophilus latifrons
  • Lucilia sericata
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  • Peleteria robusta
  • Phormia regina
  • Psilota buccata
  • Rhamphomyia mutabilis
  • Rhamphomyia priapulus

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Adult butterflies / moths 4
  • Hemaris thysbe
  • Thanaos juvenalis
  • Thanaos martialis
  • Vanessa huntera

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 2
  • Ancistrocerus tigris
  • Polistes pallipes

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Viburnaceae
Hardiness
Zones 3–9
Soil pH
Neutral
Flower color
White
Growth rate
Slow
Growth habit
Several stems
Foliage color
Green
Fruit begins
September
Fruit ends
October

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Plum Leaf Viburnum

Conservation status

Alabama rankSNR
Global rankG5
AL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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