Native and introduced flora of Guernsey
ADOXACEAE
Viburnum tinus L.
Laurustinus
G.J.L
Garnett #0001
Collected
on February 13th 2014
Multi
stemmed evergreen shrub. Dark green evergreen foliage is simple and entire with
leaves oppositely arranged. Compound umbel inflorescence. Hermaphroditic flowers
are an off white colour.
Growing
in car park alongside a busy road. Similarly sized evergreen shrubs to the north,
west and east of the plant, open side facing south. Soil a cambisol with 1cm of moist, partially
decomposed leaf litter. Very likely to have been planted as an ornamental,
neatly pruned domed canopy with dense foliage nearly reaching the ground.
Flowers
on inflorescences only open on south facing side of the plant.
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