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Wayfaring-tree

Viburnum lantana

The Wayfaring-tree is a lovely shrub with beautiful white flowers that turn into bright red berries. It grows in many places and is great for birds who love to eat its fruit!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Wayfaring-tree has distinctive grey-green leaves, covered in soft, felt-like hairs, especially underneath. It produces flat-topped clusters of creamy-white flowers in spring, followed by berries that change from green to bright red, then eventually shiny black.

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Wayfaring-tree
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Wayfaring-tree

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Its strong, flexible branches were once used by people to make ropes!

Look closely! Its soft leaves are covered in tiny, star-shaped hairs!

The plant's old English name means "traveler's tree" as it grew along ancient paths!

Unlike most trees, its winter buds are 'naked' – they have no protective scales!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Berry Beacon

Wayfaring-tree's berries change from green to red, then shiny black, acting as a visual signal to birds that they are ripe and ready to eat.

Fähigkeit

Wind Whistler

Wayfaring-tree has tough, flexible branches that allow it to bend and sway with strong winds without breaking.

Maße und Details

Höhe
200-500 cm
Ausbreitung
150-400 cm
Blütengröße
0.5-1 cm
Blütezeit
Frühling
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Leicht
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Blackbird

Turdus merula

Eats the ripe black berries.

pollinates

European honey bee

Apis mellifera

Visits the white flowers for nectar.

eaten by

Brimstone butterfly

Gonepteryx rhamni

Its caterpillars feed on the leaves.

shelters

Great Tit

Parus major

Nests in its dense branches.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Wayfaring Tree

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

While the berries are fun to look at, it's best not to eat them without asking an adult.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Wayfaring-tree?

200-500 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Wayfaring-tree?

150-400 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Wayfaring-tree?

0.5-1 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Wayfaring-tree?

Frühling

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Wayfaring-tree?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Wayfaring-tree?

Leicht

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Wayfaring-tree?

Mehrjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Wayfaring-tree?

Insekten

Snap-Karte

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