Details for: WLP 3427, Viburnum plicatum Thunb. var. tomentosum Miq., HOKY23-08

19 September 2023.
Honshu, Japan
Locality: Naganol Prefecture: Nagano-shi: Togakushi.
Coordinates: 36.7559, 138.0762 (Map it)
Elevation: 1248m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Stream edge in mesic forest dominated by an overstory of Ulmus davidiana var. japonica and Alnus japonica, and Pachysandra terminalis below. Growing in half- to three-quarter shade. Soil: High organic matter; reddish silt where wild boars had upturned the soil. Elevation: 4096 feet.
Number of plants sampled: 10
Associated species: Ulmus davidiana var. japonica; Viburnum sieboldii; Pachysandra terminalis; Symplocos paniculata; Actaea simplex [as Cimicifuga simplex]; Ilex crenata; Smilax sp.; Viburnum opulus var. sargentii; Aesculus turbinata.
Comment: Seed collected from ca. 10 plants. Japanese name means child's ball (in reference to sterile form with pompon-like inflorescences).
Collector(s):

• Aizawa, Mineaki, Utsunomiya University
• Dosmann, Michael S., The Arnold Arboretum
• Hata, Yoshinari, Utsunomiya University
• Schwartz Sax, Miles, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

12 January 2024.
Massachusetts, United States

Donor(s):

• Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University