Can you identify this species of Viburnum?

Question

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.

Having encountered this plant in late June of this year, I have not yet seen it in bloom.

Veins have hairs on the underside; the rest of the leaf is smooth. Hairs on veins along leaf margins give a slight fringe to the leaf when viewed closely. I am not familiar with the "star shape" the hairs on the underside of V. dentatum per some descriptions, but see nothing on these leaves that remind me of stars.

The twigs do not have noticeable ridges.

I had looked at V. rafinesquianum, but thought the drupe shape was much more globus than this specimen. The range is not much of an issue with that speces however, as you seem to have mixed the states of "Missouri" and "Mississippi". In your defense, the area it is in is within a few miles of the Mississippi River.

Answer 1

From the relatively large and few pairs of teeth, it would appear to be Viburnum rafinesquianum, but the USDA database map doesn't show that for Mississippi. It does appear to be in neighboring states, so I would still consider that it could be a possibility.

http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/vira.html
http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch?keywordquery=viburnum+rafinesquianum&mode=sciname

Could you give some information about the hariness of the backs of the leaves (I can see that the junctions of the veins have hairs, but what about the leaf surface?) and the twigs? Are the twigs ridged?


ADDITION: This is a photo of what star shaped/stellate hairs would look like: http://www.missouriplants.com/Whitealt/Croton_monanthogynous_abaxial_leaf.jpg - multiple hairs originating from a single point.

I tried using a key to plants of the eastern US (Gleason & Cronquist, 2nd ed.) and get it to three possibilities, V. rafinesquianum, V. molle, or V. dentatum. These can be differentiated by V. rafinesquianum and V. molle having a flattened stone (seed) and stipules (small leaf-like appendages at the base of the leaf stem) and V. dentatum having an elliptical stone (seed) and stipules seldom present.

V. rafinesquianum and V. molle can be separated by by the leaf base being heart-shaped, or indented in V. molle, or rounded or only shallowly notched in V. rafinesquianum.

You'll have to dissect one of the fruits to be certain, but this would appear to me to be V. rafinesquianum based on the presence of stipules, and more rounded leaf base.

Answer 2

possibly V. farreri Fragrant Viburmun, but probably V. rafinesquianum Rafinesque Viburnum . Dirr says the buds of rafi are reddish, pubescent and similar to V. dentatum in shape; stems are covered with tufted pubescence; habit is looser, more spreading 6 to 7' high

Answer 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viburnum

This some species of Viburnum, I'm not sure with the species of maple just try to see...If it fits the description...