Dogwoods (Cornus)
| ..... | AE | OE | ..... |
| ..... | ..... | lvs pale beneath | lvs green beneath |
| fls w/ prominent white bracts | ..... | ..... | flowering d.w. (10.florida = flowering) fr red; woods; ME to FL |
| fl cluster nearly as high as wide & not flat-topped | ..... | panicled d.w. (7.racemosa = raceme) brs gray; fr leaden to lt blue; moist soil, woods, thickets, roadsides & streambanks; ME to VA | ..... |
| fl cluster flat or sl rounded | alternate-leaved d.w. (1.alternifolia) brs greenish; fr blue; rich woods & thickets; NF to FL | pale d.w. (2.amomum v schuetzeanna) lvs taper at both
ends; stalks of fl cluster silky-hairy; fr blue; ME to NY red-osier d.w. (3.sericea) red brs; stalks of the fl clusters smooth or sl hairy; fr white; streambanks, moist woods; NF to PA |
round-leaved d.w. (4.rugosa) brs green,
purple-spotted; fr light-blue; QE to NJ, PA silky d.w. (2.amomum v. amomum = Gk name of a spice plant) stalks of fl cluster silky-hairy; frs bluish; twigs maroon; moist or wet woods & along streams; mostly se, but also to MA |
Cornus mas (Cornelian cherry dogwood). Male, an epithet used to distinguish a robust species from a more delicate one which was regarded as female.
Cornus kousa (Kousa dogwood). The Japanese name. From Japan and China.
Kalm. 10/18/1748. The Cornus florida was called dogwood by the English, and grew abundantly in the woods. It looks beautiful when it is adorned with its numerous great whit flowers in spring. The wood is very hard, and is therefore made use of for weavers' spools, joiners' planes, wedges, etc. When the cattle fall down in spring for want of strength, the people tie a branch of this tree on their neck, thinking it will help them. Pp. 107-108.