I am trying to find out if this is a viburnum tree and if so, what variety. I have searched many web sites that are viburnum specific but I can't seem to find one pictured like this. I have seen that viburnum bark is used for tea. I am wondering if this is the kind or is it a different kind for tea. Any one who knows, please respond.
Thank you for your reply. After researching some more on rhamnus and sending a few more emails, I have 2 other respondants that agree that my tree is the Rhamnus caroliniana. I have no gone back out and looked at the tree up close lately to see if it has the single thorn as some other articles mentioned. I do hope it doesn't and is not one of the invasives. I do have 5 or 6 of them, but not clustered so may be the native variety. View this link for further info if you want. Thanks again. http://www.fisharama.org/resources/wildlifehabitats/rhamnuscaroliniana.html
Viburnums flower and fruit at the ends of the shoots. With precocious (before the leaves) flowering kinds any fruits produced may appear to be borne on the sides of the branches - due to new stem growth having made after flowering season - but when examined closely these should be seen to have actually been the result of flowering at branch tips.
