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Cornus foemina
Also called Swamp Dogwood, Gray Dogwood, Southern Swamp Dogwood
Cornus foemina is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae known by the common names stiff dogwood and swamp dogwood. It is native to parts of the eastern and southeastern United States.
This plant is a large shrub or small tree up to 25 feet tall with trunks up to 4 inches wide. The bark is smooth or furrowed. The oppositely arranged, deciduous leaves are oval in shape with smooth edges. The inflorescence is a flat-topped cluster of white flowers. The fruit is a blue or purple drupe.
Cornus foemina is found most readily in the southeastern United States, distributed on the southeastern coast and towards the Mississippi River. It is found primarily along the coastal plain from eastern Virginia to central Florida, west to Louisiana, and north to southeastern Missouri.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cornus foemina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
