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bulletarrow-wood  Viburnum dentatum Caprifoliaceae

Leaves are simple, opposite, deciduous, ovate, with teeth pointing outward, unlobed, and pinnately-veined. Flowers are in showy, white, flat-topped clusters. Fruit is a dark blue drupe.  Arrow-wood is a shrub found in moist upland and coastal plain forests of southeastern U.S.  The fruit is eaten by song and game birds, small mammals and deer.

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