Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Cornaceae
Cornus florida

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Cornaceae
Cornus florida

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Cornaceae
142-01-001
Cornus florida

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933):
Cynoxylon floridum

Common Name:
Flowering Dogwood

Tree
Perennial
Deciduous

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Look for it in dry to moist forests & woodlands, per Weakley's Flora



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...Moist ...Variable ...Dry

Leaves:
Simple
Opposite

Flower:
Spring
4 white/pink bracts surround cluster of yellowish flowers
Bisexual
4-merous
4 petals
Inferior ovary

Fruit:
Summer/Fall
Red
Drupe

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
Gardening with Native Plants of the South p065
Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p285
Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p020
Landscaping with Native Trees p091
Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p100
Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p166
Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p033
Trees of the Southeastern US p092
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p128
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p171
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p142
Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p19




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JK Marlow      jkm0301b_06


January
Greenville County SC

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0401c_30


January
Pickens County SC
Roadside

 

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April
Greenville County SC

 

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JK Marlow      jkm0204d_14


April
Greenville County SC

 

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April
Greenville County SC
Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

 

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May
Greenville County SC

Leaves have pinnate veins that curve to run parallel w leaf margin, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.

 

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September
Greenville County SC
Roadside

 

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September?

Note the glaucous bloom on young stems and leaf undersides. — Clemson Extension Click here to read more.

 

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October
Greenville County SC

 

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November
Haywood County NC

 

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