Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Cornus urbiniana Rose, syn of subsp. urbiniana. 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]
Cornus obliqua is a medium to large shrub that typically grows to a height of 6 to 12 feet (1.8 to 3.7 meters) and has a similar spread. The plant is characterized by its slender, arching stems and oval-shaped leaves. The leaves are simple, opposite, and arranged in an alternate pattern on the stems. They are dark green in color and turn shades ...
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. 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 ...
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 ...
Cornus comosa Raf. Cornus paniculata L'Hér. Cornus paniculata var. albida (Ehrh.) Pursh. 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.
Cassinia aculeata is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2.6 m (3 ft 3 in – 8 ft 6 in) and has densely hairy young stems, and flaky bark on the older branches. The leaves are sessile , linear, 3–50 mm (0.12–1.97 in) long and 0.7–2.0 mm (0.028–0.079 in) wide, often with the edges rolled under.
Cornus foemina is a species of flowering plant in the Cornaceae known by the common names stiff dogwood [3] and swamp dogwood. [4] [5] It is native to parts of the eastern and southeastern United States. [3] This plant is a large shrub or small tree up to 15 feet tall with trunks up to 4 inches wide. The bark is smooth or furrowed.