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Japanese snowball
Japanese snowball
Viburnum plicatum
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
20-50 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
East Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

This shrub grows in the forests of East Asia and produces round flower clusters. Its sterile outer florets grow into large white spheres that lack any reproductive parts.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Dipsacales
Family
Viburnaceae
Genus
Viburnum
Species
Viburnum plicatum