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Cornus amomum |
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Silky Dogwood or
Swamp Dogwood |
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Northeastern United States |
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Rounded, multi-stem shrub. |
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6 to 10 feet in height and spread. |
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Yellowish white but
not fragrant in a flat top cyme. |
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June
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Later than most other dogwoods. |
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Opposite, simple, elliptic-ovate or elliptic, 2 to 4”
long. 1 to 2 1/4” wide, short acuminate, usually rounded
at base, medium to dark green and nearly glabrous above,
glaucous beneath and with grayish white or brownish
hairs on the veins, 4 to 7 vein pairs. petiole-1/3 to
2/3” long, pubescent. |
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Gray silky
coating on new growth gives the plant its common
name.
Young
branches are reddish purple, providing winter
color, whereas the older stems develop bark with
irregular brown fissures |
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Drupe 1/4 inch
across that are bluish in color with white
blotches borne in August. |
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Similar to
C.
alba siberica but is larger. |
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