http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/560001449ypkJFm
The shrub (in the photos at the link) is native or naturalized in Lewis County, Missouri (Northeast portion of the state). It is growing in a heavily forested area on Lindley Series soils. I'm assuming it's of the genus Viburnum based on close similarity to V. dentatum, and might have identified it as that were it not for the shape of the drupes (which are ripe as of now and a blue-black color), and possibly the hairs along the veins. The leaf shape also appears to be non-typical of what I have seen on V. dentatum. With me not being a botanist, my resources and abilities are limited on the subject. Judging from the limited number of good descriptions and photos available, V. bracteatum would be the closest I could find... but the distribution of that species makes that seem very unlikely to be the species I have found.
2007-07-23
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