General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 5-15 feet
Plant Spread: 5-10 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Other: 1/3 inch globose green single seeded drupes mature to dark blue-violet
Fruiting Time: Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Malodorous
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious

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Common names
  • Smooth Arrow-Wood
  • Northern Arrowwood
  • Southern arrowwood

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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-08-17
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2012-08-17

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