Viburnum suspensum
Sandankwa viburnum · also Viburnum
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Viburnum suspensum is native to the Ryukyu Islands and is well-adapted to warm, maritime climates with high salt exposure and periodic drought. It is an evergreen shrub that tolerates both full sun and partial shade, making it adaptable to various planting conditions. It produces fragrant flowers that attract songbirds, and its fruit is mildly poisonous.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 80.00%35 yr7.5 in
- 50.00%—7.1 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 6–12 ft
- Canopy spread
- 6–12 ft
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Jan, Feb, Dec
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.5 in, mean 7.7 in, 90th percentile 8.6 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests
Other Viburnum in the catalogue
19 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
