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Details:
  • Date Photo Taken

    05 / 31 / 2015

  • Season Photo Was Taken

    Spring

  • Region Photo Was Taken

    Northeast

  • City

    Philadelphia

  • State

    Pennsylvania

  • Posted by

    scubachick76

Notes:

Leaves have a pungent burnt rubber smell to them. Prefers shade and lots of water. Has not flowered yet.

Comments

  • Jim Unregistered says:

    I finally found some good pictures of Viburnum sieboldii, and it looks like Laura’s right. A better visual match, and got the smell to boot.

    June 7th, 2015 at 12:40pm

  • Jim Unregistered says:

    Don’t know anything about the smell, but the leaves look a lot like alder (alnus).

    June 5th, 2015 at 3:14pm

  • Laura Unregistered says:

    This might be Siebold Viburnum (Viburnum siboldii). The leaves’ pungent odor is a characteristic of this species. V. sieboldii is listed on the Invasive Plants in Pennsylvania. http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/detail.php?pid=538

    June 2nd, 2015 at 8:58pm

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