Shrub · Caprifoliaceae
Mapleleaf viburnum
Viburnum acerifolium
Mapleleaf viburnum is recorded as native to 29 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 829 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Key facts · USDA PLANTS
Mapleleaf viburnum at a glance
- Native in
- 829 counties, across 29 states and territories
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 4b PLANTS minimum temperature −28°F
- Mature height
- 6 ft PLANTS mature height
- Light and water
- Tolerates shade Medium water use
Estimated cold hardiness: zone 4b. PLANTS gives a minimum temperature of −28°F; zone 4b winters bottom out at −25°F, the coldest half-zone that stays within that limit.
Mapleleaf viburnum is recorded as native to 29 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 829 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Counties where it is native
The 15 counties with the most ZIP codes among the 829 where it is listed.
Native counties by state
- Alabama 12 counties
- Arkansas 1 county
- Connecticut statewide record
- Delaware 2 counties
- District of Columbia 1 county
- Florida 6 counties
- Georgia 33 counties
- Illinois 12 counties
- Indiana 62 counties
- Kentucky 63 counties
- Louisiana 12 counties
- Maine 13 counties
- Massachusetts 12 counties
- Michigan 70 counties
- Mississippi 2 counties
- New Hampshire 10 counties
- New Jersey 20 counties
- New York 50 counties
- North Carolina 51 counties
- Ohio 69 counties
- Pennsylvania 67 counties
- Rhode Island 3 counties
- South Carolina 13 counties
- Tennessee 40 counties
- Texas 11 counties
- Vermont 7 counties
- Virginia 89 counties
- West Virginia 45 counties
- Wisconsin 53 counties
Growing traits
Values from the PLANTS characteristics record. “Not recorded” means PLANTS has no value; nothing here is estimated except the zone.
Growth
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Mature height
- 6 ft
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Shape
- Erect
- Lifespan
- Long
- Active growth period
- Spring and Summer
Light and water
- Shade tolerance
- Tolerant (tolerates shade)
- Moisture use
- Medium water use
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Tolerance of waterlogged soil
- None
- Precipitation range
- 32 to 50 in per year
Soil
- Soil textures
- Coarse and medium
- pH range
- 4.8 to 7.5
- Lime (CaCO₃) tolerance
- High
- Salinity tolerance
- None
- Fertility requirement
- Low
- Minimum root depth
- 14 in
Climate
- Minimum temperature
- −28°F
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 4b and warmer
- Minimum frost-free days
- 115
- Fire tolerance
- Low
Flowers, leaves and fruit
- Flower color
- White
- Showy flowers
- Yes
- Bloom period
- Indeterminate
- Foliage color
- Green
- Showy in fall
- Yes
- Keeps leaves
- No
- Fruit color
- Red
Other
- Toxicity
- None
- Nitrogen fixation
- None
- Nursery availability
- No Known Source
- Family
- Caprifoliaceae
- PLANTS symbol
- VIAC
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Scope
- Viburnum acerifolium (PLANTS symbol VIAC).
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources