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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.
Dogwoods are valued by gardeners for their spring flowers, summer foliage, fruit and leaf color. [5] Each species of dogwood has their own unique look, Cornus amomum is a shrub which can be used in places of excess runoff or areas of water collection in a landscape as it thrives in moist to wet soil conditions. The shrub provides beautiful ...
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). Cornus drummondii is often planted to attract ...
The leaves are opposite, 5–12 centimetres (2– 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches) long and 2.5–6 cm (1– 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) broad, with an ovate to oblong shape and an entire margin; they are dark green above and glaucous below; fall color is commonly bright red to purple. Like all dogwoods, they have characteristic stringy white piths within the leaf ...
Cornus is the Latin word for the cornel tree, Cornus mas.The name cornel dates to the 1550s, via German from Middle Latin cornolium, ultimately from the diminutive cornuculum, of cornum, the Latin word for the cornel cherry.
The leaves are 4–8 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 – 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) long and 1–4 cm (1 ⁄ 2 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) wide, and typically have 3 or 4 pairs of lateral veins, fewer than other dogwood species. [4] The plant grows upright with a rounded habit, oppositely arranged leaves, and terminally born flowers.
The leaves are opposite, simple, ovate, 6–13 cm (2.4–5.1 in) long and 4–6 cm (1.6–2.4 in) broad, with an apparently entire margin (actually very finely toothed, under a lens); they turn a rich red-brown in fall. Flowering dogwood attains its greatest size and growth potential in the Upper South, sometimes up to 40 feet in height.
The trunk attains 15–30 centimetres (6–12 in) in diameter. The bark is reddish brown. [6] The branches have fine hairs and the young bark is thin and smooth, becoming scale-like with ridges as it ages. [5] The leaves are opposite, simple, oval, 5–13 cm (2–5 in) long, and 3.8–7.1 cm (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –3 in) broad. They are green with ...