Dogwood, Cornus

Dogwood (Cornus) catbirds, mockingbirds, robins, thrushes, woodpeckers, song sparrows, bluebirds, cardinals, waxwings. 

CoRNUS CIRCINATA. Round leaved dogwood. Cornus circinata. W. I. 663. Cortex. The bark. 

Cranberries (genus Vaccinami) Dandelion Taraxacumofficinale) Dogwood Cornus florida)... 

Other prolific sap producers are linden Tilia sp.) and dogwood (Cornus sp.). 

Nair G V, von Rudloff E 1960 Isolation of hyperin from red-osier dogwood Cornus stolonifera Michx.). Can J Chem 38 2531-2533... 

Tatarian dogwood Cornus alba L.) - a large shrub or small tree, native to Siberia, Northern China and Korea. It s grown primarily for the winter display of bright red stems. The fruits are globular white bluish berries. 

Pagoda dogwood Cornus alternifolia L.) - a flowering small tree growing up to 9 m tall, native to Eastern North America. The fruits are globular blue black drupes, eaten by birds and black bears. 

Silky dogwood Cornus amomum L.) - a 5 m tall shrub, native to Eastern North Ameriea. The fruit is a small blue berry. 

Giant dogwood Cornus controversa L.) - an 18 m tall tree, native to China, Himalaya and Japan, is the largest and the fastest growing of the dogwoods. The fruits are globular bluish black berries, ripen from September to October. 

Flowering dogwood Cornus florida L.) - a small tree growing up to 10 m high, native to Eastern North America is considered a short to medium-lived tree which can live up to 100 years on good sites. Cornus florida is one of the most beautiful ornamental trees in the world. The fruit is a cluster of up to 10 scarlet oblong oval berries whieh oeeasionally can be yellow and persist beyond January. There are valued fruits for birds and wildlife. 

Kousa dogwood Cornus kousa L.) - an 8-12 m tall small tree, native to Asia, but also naturalized in the USA. The fruit is a globose pink to red 2-3 em in diameter compound berry. It is edible, sometimes used for making wine. 

Common dogwood (Cornus sanguinea L.) - a medium to large deciduous shrub, growing 2-6 m tall is native to most of Europe and Western Asia. The fruit is a globose black berry, containing a single seed. 

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