Flowering Dogwood Fact Sheet

Flowering dogwood cornaceae cornus florida l.

Flowering dogwood fact sheet.

Tree facts bud buds bark leaves fruit flowers twigs seeds bud scar leaf scar. The deeply ridged and broken bark resembles alligator hide. The flowers consist of four bracts which subtend the small head of yellow flowers. For example the blackfruit cornel native to california has small yellow green blooms and a fruit which turns black when ripe.

There are 30 to 50 species of dogwood that are native to temperate areas of north america and eurasia. It can be trained with one central trunk or as a picturesque multi trunked tree. Dogwood is a type of flowering tree that belongs to the family cornaceae. In mid april the buds have begun to enlarge and open slightly.

Opposite simple 3 to 5 inches long oval in shape with an entire or slightly wavy margin arcuately veined green above and slightly paler below. Buds are onion shaped and their presence makes the tree easy to identify even in winter. Dogwood can be found in the evergreen forests or on the edges of deciduous forests. The state tree of virginia flowering dogwood grows 20 to 35 feet tall and spreads 25 to 30 feet fig.

One of the most common species and the one about which you ve most likely heard is the flowering dogwood. Flowering dogwood has large showy. The state tree of virginia the flowering dogwood has conspicuous white to light yellow flowers that offer magnificent blooms in spring. Cornus florida l flowering dogwood is a small bushy tree which rarely attains a height of more than 40 feet or a diameter of 12 to 18 inches.

The leaves are opposite one another and from 3 to 6 inches long. Other species can be quite different. Very small and inconspicuous tight cluster but surrounded by 4 very showy large white occasionally pink bracts 2 inches in diameter appearing in mid spring.