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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 .
Cornus obliqua, the blue-fruited dogwood, silky dogwood, or pale dogwood, is a flowering shrub of eastern North America in the dogwood family, Cornaceae. [1] [2] [3] It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Cornus amomum, which is also known as silky dogwood. [4] [5] It was first described in 1820 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. [6]
Silky dogwood is a common name for two species of shrubs, formerly treated as a single species: Cornus amomum , a more southerly species found in the eastern U.S. Cornus obliqua , a more northerly species found in the eastern U.S. and Canada
Silky oak (Grevillea robusta) Silver wattle (Acacia dealbata) Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum) Spanish-cedar (Cedrela odorata) Spanish elm (Cordia alliodora) Tamboti (Spirostachys africana) Teak (Tectona grandis) Philippine teak (Tectona philippinensis) Thailand rosewood (Dalbergia cochinchinensis) Tupelo (Nyssa spp.) Black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica)
It is a member of the dogwood genus Cornus and the family Cornaceae. Arnold dogwood is derived from natural crosses between silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) and gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa). [1] [2] Intermediate shrubs were first noted in the Arnold Arboretum by Alfred Rehder, who described and named the hybrid. The name is an allusion to the ...
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 their crops until after the dogwoods blossomed. [39] Anne Morrow Lindbergh gives a vivid description of the dogwood tree in her poem ...
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 .
Köppen climate types of Illinois (with counties overlaid), using 1991-2020 climate normals. The Climate of Illinois describes the weather conditions, and extremes, noted within the state of Illinois, United States, over time. Because of its nearly 400-mile (640 km) length and mid-continental location, Illinois has a widely