Flowering Dogwood (Exploring Boston's Urban Forest) · iNaturalist

Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida

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Summary ⁹

Distinguishing Features: broad, white flowers with green center

Shape: Up to 33 feet tall, broad and sprawled
Branching: Alternate
Leaf: Smooth, 2 to 3 inches long, elliptical shape
Flower: White with green center
Bark: Grey to brown, deeply ridged
Fruit or Seed: Small, round and red, ¾ to 1 ½ inches

Source URL:
http://phillytreemap.org/
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/Plants/

Alternative names ¹⁰

American boxwood, arrowwood, Benthamia florida, boxwood, cornel, cornelian tree, Cornus candidissima, Cornus florida forma pendula, Cornus florida forma pluribracteata, Cornus florida forma xanthocarpa, Cornus florida var. pendula, Cornus florida var. rosea, Cornus florida var. rubra, Cynoxylon floridum, dogwood, eastern flowering dogwood, white cornel, white dogwood.

Sources and Credits

(c) Steven J. Baskauf, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/11614
(c) Eric in SF, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/39312862@N00/141407237
(c) Martin LaBar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/martinlabar/6362322459/
(c) Carlos G Velazco-Macias, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Carlos G Velazco-Macias
(c) Liné1, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cornus_florida_02_by_Line1.jpg
(c) Tim Howard, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Tim Howard
(c) BJ Stacey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/finaticphotography/8315268873/
Wikimedia Commons, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/IMG_1527Dogwood.JPG/460px-IMG_1527Dogwood.JPG
(c) earthwatchtrees, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
(c) USDA NRCS National Plant Data Center, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/1381626

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