BLACK HAW (Viburnum prunifolium), a North American shrub or small tree of the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae), called also stag-bush and sheep-berry. It grows in dry soil from Connecticut and southern New York westward to Michigan and southward to northern Georgia and eastern Kansas. Although somewhat bushy in habit, with a short, usually crooked trunk, 6 in. to 8 in. in diameter, and rigid, spreading branches, it some times reaches 3o ft. in height. It bears smooth, ovate very finely toothed leaves and numerous small white flowers in compact clusters, 2 in. to 4 in. broad, and sweet, edible, bluish-black fruits (drupes), about in. long, each containing a much flattened stone. The similar but larger southern black haw ( V. rufidulum), sometimes 4o ft. high, with fruit in. or more long and contain ing a nearly orbicular stone, is found in dry upland woods from Virginia westward to Missouri and southward to Florida and Texas. The nanny-berry (V.
Lentago) is in some districts called also black haw. (See