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Cornus kousa is a small deciduous tree 8–12 m (26–39 ft) tall, in the flowering plant family Cornaceae. Common names include kousa, kousa dogwood, [2] Chinese dogwood, [3] [4] Korean dogwood, [4] [5] [6] and Japanese dogwood. [2] [4] Synonyms are Benthamia kousa and Cynoxylon kousa. [7] It is a plant native to East Asia including Korea ...
The alternate-leaf dogwood is a shrub or small tree that has horizontal branches that form tiers. The branches are parallel to the ground creating a layered tiered look with upturned branches like a pagoda. This plant may grow from 15 to 25 feet tall and 20 to 32 feet wide. Its leaves are elliptic to ovate and grow to 2–5 inches (5–13 cm ...
Kraniopsis. Cornus sericea, the red osier or red-osier dogwood, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to much of North America. It has sometimes been considered a synonym of the Asian species Cornus alba. Other names include red brush, red willow, [3][4][5] redstem dogwood, [3][5] redtwig dogwood, red-rood ...
Cornus amomum is a deciduous shrub growing to 5 m ( ft) tall. The leaves are opposite, up to 10 cm (4 in) long and 7 cm ( in) broad, oval with an acute apex. The flowers are produced in cymes. The fruit is a small blue drupe. [citation needed] Cornus amomum usually blooms between May and June, producing four-petalled showy yellowish white ...
Cornus canadensis is a slow-growing herbaceous perennial growing 10–20 centimetres (4–8 inches) tall, generally forming a carpet-like mat. The above-ground shoots rise from slender creeping rhizomes that are placed 2.5–7.5 cm (1–3 in) deep in the soil, and form clonal colonies under trees. The vertically produced above-ground stems are ...
Cornus racemosa, the northern swamp dogwood, gray dogwood, or panicle dogwood, is a shrubby plant native to southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States. It is a member of the dogwood genus Cornus and the family Cornaceae .
Cornus. In species such as this Cornus × unalaschkensis, the tiny four-petaled flowers are clustered in a tightly packed, flattened cyme at the center of four showy white petal-like bracts. Cornus is a genus of about 30–60 species [Note 1] of woody plants in the family Cornaceae, commonly known as dogwoods or cornels, which can generally be ...
Cornus sanguinea stems in winter.. It is a medium to large deciduous shrub, growing 2–6 metres (7–20 ft) tall, with dark greenish-brown branches and twigs.The leaves are opposite, 4–8 centimetres (2–3 in) long and 2–4 centimetres (0.8–1.6 in) broad, with an ovate to oblong shape and an entire margin; they are green above, slightly paler below, and rough with short stiff pubescence.