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Fertilizer trees are used in agroforestry to improve the condition of soils used for farming. As woody legumes, they capture nitrogen from the air and put it in the soil through their roots and falling leaves. [1] They can also bring nutrients from deep in the soil up to the surface for crops with roots that cannot reach that depth. [2]
Viburnum propinquum, the Chinese evergreen viburnum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Viburnaceae, native to central and southern China, Taiwan, and Luzon in the Philippines. [1] A dense, rounded evergreen bush reaching 6–8 ft (1.8–2.4 m), and useful for landscaping applications, it is hardy to USDA zone 7 .
Viburnum lantanoides (commonly known as hobble-bush, [1] witch-hobble, alder-leaved viburnum, American wayfaring tree, [2] and moosewood [3]) is a perennial shrub of the family Adoxaceae (formerly in the Caprifoliaceae), growing 2–4 meters (6–12 ft) high with pendulous branches that take root where they touch the ground.
Viburnum prunifolium (known as blackhaw or black haw, blackhaw viburnum, sweet haw, and stag bush) is a species of Viburnum native to eastern North America, from Connecticut west to eastern Kansas, and south to Alabama and Texas.
Viburnum nudum is a deciduous shrub in the genus Viburnum within the muskroot family, Adoxaceae (It was formerly part of Caprifoliaceae, the honeysuckle family). [2]One variety of the species is Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides; synonyms for this variety Viburnum nitidum Aiton, Viburnum cassinoides, Viburnum cassinoides var. harbisonii, Viburnum cassinoides var. nitidum, and Viburnum nitidum.
Viburnum dentatum, southern arrowwood or arrowwood viburnum or roughish arrowwood, is a small shrub, native to the eastern United States and Canada from Maine south to northern Florida and eastern Texas. Like most Viburnum, it has opposite, simple leaves and fruit in berry-like drupes. Foliage turns yellow to red in late fall.
Viburnum suspensum, commonly called Sandankwa viburnum, is a compact, perennial shrub, native to Japan. It grows up to 3.7 m in height. [1]
Viburnum acerifolium is a larval host to the Celastrina ladon butterfly. The berries are eaten by various mammals including skunks, rabbits, deer, [6] the eastern chipmunk, white-footed mouse and deer mice. V. acerifolium also attracts various aphids, such as Viburnum leaf beetle, the wood-boring larvae of Oberea deficiens and Oberea ...