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It is also the state tree of Missouri and the state flower of North Carolina, [36] and the state memorial tree of New Jersey. [37] The term "dogwood winter", in colloquial use in the American Southeast, especially Appalachia, [38] is sometimes used to describe a cold snap in spring, presumably because farmers believed it was not safe to plant ...
It is a medium to tall deciduous shrub, growing 1.5–4 metres (5–13 feet) tall and 3–5 m (10– 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) wide, spreading readily by underground stolons to form dense thickets. The branches and twigs are dark red, although wild plants may lack this coloration in shaded areas.
A list of tree species, grouped generally by biogeographic realm and specifically by bioregions, and shade tolerance. Shade-tolerant species are species that are able to thrive in the shade, and in the presence of natural competition by other plants. Shade-intolerant species require full sunlight and little or no competition.
Cornus amomum, the silky dogwood, is a species of dogwood native to the southern Ontario and eastern United States, from Michigan and Vermont south to Alabama and Florida. [2] Other names include red willow , silky cornel , kinnikinnick , and squawbush .
The flowering dogwood is usually included in the dogwood genus Cornus as Cornus florida L., although it is sometimes treated in a separate genus as Benthamidia florida (L.) Spach. Less common names for C. florida include American dogwood, Florida dogwood, Indian arrowwood, Cornelian tree, white cornel, white dogwood, false box, and false boxwood.
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 nuttallii, the Pacific dogwood, [1] [2] western dogwood, [3] or mountain dogwood, [2] is a species of dogwood tree native to western North America. The tree's name used by Hul'q'umi'num' -speaking nations is Kwi’txulhp .
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.