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Cornus florida L. Dogwood; Flowering dogwood; Cynoxylon floridum L Raf ex BD Jacks

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© Constanza Ehrenhaus, 2007 Cornus florida	© Constanza Ehrenhaus, 2007 Cornus florida
© Constanza Ehrenhaus, 2007 Cornus florida	© Constanza Ehrenhaus, 2007 Cornus florida
© Discover Life, 2000-2006 Cornus florida	© Discover Life, 2000-2006 Cornus florida
© Discover Life, 2000-2006 Cornus florida	© Copyright Gary Perlmutter 2010 Pertusaria ostiolata, herbarium specimen
© John Pickering, 2006-2010 Cornus florida leaf pair	© John Pickering, 2006-2010 Cornus florida leaf upper
© John Pickering, 2006-2010 Cornus florida leaf bottom	© John Pickering, 2006-2010 Cornus florida terminal bud
© John Pickering, 2006-2010 Cornus florida, fruit	© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida
© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida	© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida
© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida	© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida
© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida	© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida
© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida	© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida
© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida	© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida
© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida	© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida
© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida	© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida
© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida	© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida
© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida	© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida
© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida	© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida
© Copyright Michael Strickland, 2008 Cornus florida	© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Flower
© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Flower	© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Flower
© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Bark	© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Flower
© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Flower	© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Fruit
© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Bark	© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Leaf
© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Leaf	© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Whole tree
© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Leaf	© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Leaf
© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Fruit	© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Twig
© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Twig	© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Leaf
© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Leaf	© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Twig
© Copyright Steve Baskauf, 2002-2010 Cornus florida, Twig	© Photographer/source Cornus florida, fruit JP80052_21

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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) Plantae>Magnoliophyta>Magnoliopsida>Cornales>Cornaceae>Cornus florida L. One of North Carolina's most common, showy, and familiar understory trees. Chapel Hill, NC 3/31/07. The white bracts surrounding the flower clusters are unmistakable and very showy in early to mid-April. Carroll Co., VA 4/15/06. The flowers at left are not yet open. Carroll Co., VA 4/15/06. Flowering Dogwood is the North Carolina state flower. The actual flowers are small and yellowish-green. Some cultivars have pink bracts. Chapel Hill, NC 4/13/02. Close-up of the small, yellowish-green flowers. Chapel Hill, NC 3/31/07. A wild mutant flower - all the flower clusters on this tree had six pink bracts instead of four white ones. Granville Co., NC 4/27/03. The leaves are opposite, simple, and have prominent veins. Orange Co., NC 9/20/02. The bright red fruits, which ripen in September, are eaten by birds. Orange Co., NC 9/20/02. Note the distinctive shape of the four-parted flower bud. Alleghany Co., NC 9/23/06. Carroll Co., VA 10/16/06. Carroll Co., VA 10/16/06. The fruits last throughout the fall and winter. Fall foliage color is deep purplish-red. Scotland Co., NC 11/1/08. Carroll Co., VA 10/26/08. Carroll Co., VA 10/26/08. Flower buds breaking. Moore Co., NC 3/22/08. You can tell a dogwood by its distinctive bark, which is broken into small squarish blocks on mature trees. Harnett Co., NC 4/19/03. Bark of a large dogwood tree (with a small tree to the right). Moore Co., NC 3/22/08. More information: Floridata Missouri Plants Trees of Alabama and the Southeast USDA PLANTS database Virginia Tech Dendrology back cwcook@duke.edu All photographs and text ©2009 by Will Cook unless otherwise indicated.

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CORNACEAE Cornus florida Return to Image Archive of Central Texas Plants leaves and inflorescences in Spring inflorescences inflorescence closeup--the flowers are actually the greenish structures in the center.  What do we call the white modified leaves surrounding the flowers? leaves--are these leaves opposite or alternate? leaves showing arcuate venation pattern--what kind of margin is present here? habit-- Cornus florida is small tree

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Scientific Name Cornus florida Common Name Flowering dogwood Trees Plant Fact Sheets Consumer Hort Hardiness Zones: 5-9 Habit: Deciduous Growth Rate: Slow to moderate Site Requirements: Partial shade; moist well drained soil Texture: Medium Form: Semi rounded top; horizontal low branches creating a layered look Height: 15 to 30' Width: 15 to 20' Leaf: 3 to 6" opposite, simple leaf; red to reddish purple fall color Flower/Fruit: 4" white bracts in April; glossy red fruit in fall Comments: Native; best form and flowers in light shade; fruit attracts birds; mulch to maintain moist soil; subject to anthracnose disease if grown in western NC with high humidity, poor air circulation, and heavy shade Click Here for Cultivar List Additional Image:   List by Scientific Name | Trees | List by Common Name © Erv Evans, Consumer Horticulturalist Shoprights NC State University

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CalPhotos     Photo Database   Number of matches : 4 Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Cornus florida%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Plant") ORDER BY taxon Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement Cornus florida Dogwood ID: 1349 3162 1294 0071 [detail] Gladys Lucille Smith © 2003 California Academy of Sciences Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood ID: 0000 0000 0407 1580 [detail] © 2007 Matt Below Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood ID: 0000 0000 0407 1581 [detail] © 2007 Matt Below Cornus florida Flowering Dogwood ID: 0000 0000 0409 0042 [detail] © 2009 Zoya Akulova Using these photos: A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. Use and copyright information, as well as other details about the photo such as the date and the location, are available by clicking on the [detail] link under the thumbnail. See also: Using the Photos in CalPhotos .    Copyright © 1995-2010 UC Regents. All rights reserved. CalPhotos is a project of BSCIT     University of California, Berkeley