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The state tree of Virginia, flowering dogwood grows 20 to 30 feet tall and spreads 25 to 30 feet. It can be trained with one central trunk or as a picturesque multi-trunked tree. The flowers consist of four bracts which subtend the small head of yellow flowers.
11 paź 2022 · Dogwood leaves: Flowering dogwood tree leaves are oval-shaped with delicate noticeable veins. Leaves on this dogwood species grow in an alternate leaf arrangement.
Flowering Dogwoods are a food source for birds and and many other animals. The ripe fruit (drupe) is high in fat content, and at least 36 species of birds and many different mammals eat them. Deer, beaver and rabbits will eat the twigs and bark. Flora Relationships Dogwood leaves are 2 to 3.5 percent calcium by weight and directly benefit other
tree identification worksheet – woodland stewards program . 1 . created by: jean epiphan, agriculture & nautral resources county agent, rutgers cooperative extension. species . arrange-ment. leaves buds twigs branches bark form & habit fruit/nut . or. flower other ... flowering dogwood : cornus kousa* kousa dogwood . cornus alternifolia ...
Key characteristics of flowering dogwood are its opposite leaves with arcuate venation, large showy flowers (bracts), onion-shaped terminal flower buds, and alligator bark on mature trees. Distribution: Flowering dogwood is native to the northeastern and southeastern United States. It occurs from Maine, south to Florida and west to
16 sty 2017 · Leaves. The leaves of flowering dogwood are oval to ovate, and have an opposite arrangement. They grow 4 to 8 inches in length and width. Their edges are smooth. Leaves are dark green, with a pale green underside. They turn a vibrant scarlet to purple shade in fall.
Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is one of America's most popular ornamental trees. Known to most people simply as dogwood, it has other common names, including boxwood and cornel. The species name florida is Latin for flowering, but the showy petal-like bracts are not in fact flowers.
