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Gray dogwood

Cornus racemosa

Also called Northern Swamp Dogwood, Panicled Dogwood, Grey Dogwood, Red Panicled Dogwood

Gray dogwood
Photo: Mitternacht90 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Family
Cornaceae (Corn family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
C. & E. Canada to C. & E. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

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.

Other Cornus plants

Red-Barked Dogwood · Alternateleaf dogwood · Silky dogwood · Arnold's Dogwood · Toughleaf dogwood · Canadian Bunchberry · Bentham's cornel · Giant dogwood · Cornus darvasica · Cornus disciflora · Roughleaf dogwood · Cornus elliptica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cornus racemosa 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.

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