''Viburnum recognitum'', variously called the northern arrowwood, southern arrowwood, and smooth arrow-wood, is a species of flowering plant in the family

Viburnaceae Adoxaceae, commonly known as moschatel family, is a small family of flowering plants in the order Dipsacales, now consisting of five genera and about 150–200 species. They are characterised by opposite toothed leaves, small five- or, more rar ...

. It is native to eastern Canada, and the central and eastern United States. A shrub or small shrubby tree, they are typically found in wetter habitats such as stream banks, bottomlands, swamps, and mesic woodlands. It is closely related to, and may be a subtaxon of, ''

Viburnum dentatum ''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 opposi ...

'', the southern arrowwood or roughish arrowwood.

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recognitum Flora of Ontario Flora of Quebec Flora of New Brunswick Flora of Nova Scotia Flora of Texas Flora of Missouri Flora of Illinois Flora of Wisconsin Flora of the Southeastern United States Flora of the Northeastern United States Plants described in 1941 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Dipsacales-stub