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In some parts of A. coriacea's range the common name 'desert oak' is prevalent, [4] but throughout the larger part of that range this name is often applied to another tree, Allocasuarina decaisneana. [5] [6] The name 'dogwood' is used for numerous plant species in Australia and elsewhere, see Dogwood (disambiguation).
Cornus florida, the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida and west to the Mississippi River. [ 4 ]
The roughleaf dogwood is used as an ornamental tree because of its ability to survive with little care once mature because of its tolerance to pests, low water requirements and tolerance to shade. It can grow to a height of 15 to 25 feet (4.6 to 7.6 m) with a spread of 10 to 15 feet (3.0 to 4.6 m).
It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree, reaching 6–23 metres (20–75 feet) tall, often with a canopy spread of 6 m (20 ft). Its habit varies based on the level of sunlight; in full sun it will have a short trunk with a crown as wide as it is tall, while under a canopy it will have a tapered trunk with a short, slender crown. [ 5 ]
Cornus capitata is a species of dogwood known by the common names Bentham's cornel, evergreen dogwood, Himalayan flowering dogwood, and Himalayan strawberry-tree. [2] It is native to the low-elevation woodlands of the Himalayas in China , India , Pakistan , Nepal , and Bhutan .
Cornus foemina is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae known by the common names stiff dogwood [2] and swamp dogwood. [4] [5] It is native to parts of the eastern and southeastern United States. [2] This plant is a large shrub or small tree up to 25 feet tall with trunks up to 4 inches wide. The bark is smooth or furrowed.
Jacksonia scoparia, commonly known as dogwood or winged broom-pea, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Queensland and eastern New South Wales. It is a shrub or small tree with angled or winged branchlets, leaves usually reduced to scales, cream-coloured to orange-yellow flowers and oblong, hairy pods .
This dogwood is a shrub or small tree approaching 5 metres (16 ft) in height at maximum. [1] It is deciduous , bearing deeply veined oval green leaves in season which turn red before falling. The inflorescence is a cluster of tiny greenish-yellow flowers surrounded by thick, pointed bracts .