Index / Search / Cornus drummondii
§1 Plant
Cornus drummondii C.A. Mey.
vernacular roughleaf dogwood — species · Cornaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Cornaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Cornus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 822 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -28 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 110 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 20 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 25 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 15,700
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 822 counties across 20 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Carroll 05015
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Cleburne 05023
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Crittenden 05035
- Cross 05037
- Desha 05041
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Lee 05077
- Lincoln 05079
- Little River 05081
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Nevada 05099
- Newton 05101
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- St. Francis 05123
- Stone 05137
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 81 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- Douglas 17041
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- White 17193
- Whiteside 17195
- Williamson 17199
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 62 N ▾
- Adams 18001
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Benton 18007
- Blackford 18009
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Decatur 18031
- Delaware 18035
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Gibson 18051
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Hamilton 18057
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Hendricks 18063
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Johnson 18081
- Knox 18083
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Shelby 18145
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Union 18161
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 77 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Comanche 20033
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Graham 20065
- Greenwood 20073
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Republic 20157
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Sumner 20191
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Bath 21011
- Bourbon 21017
- Bracken 21023
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carroll 21041
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Fayette 21067
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Franklin 21073
- Fulton 21075
- Gallatin 21077
- Garrard 21079
- Grant 21081
- Graves 21083
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Livingston 21139
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Nelson 21179
- Nicholas 21181
- Oldham 21185
- Owen 21187
- Owsley 21189
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Scott 21209
- Shelby 21211
- Spencer 21215
- Taylor 21217
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Michigan view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Bolivar 28011
- Chickasaw 28017
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Coahoma 28027
- Franklin 28037
- Hinds 28049
- Issaquena 28055
- Itawamba 28057
- Jasper 28061
- Jefferson 28063
- Kemper 28069
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Madison 28089
- Newton 28101
- Noxubee 28103
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Smith 28129
- Tunica 28143
- Washington 28151
- Wilkinson 28157
Missouri view state ↗ 110 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pemiscot 29155
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Worth 29227
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Burt 31021
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dakota 31043
- Dawson 31047
- Dixon 31051
- Douglas 31055
- Franklin 31061
- Frontier 31063
- Greeley 31077
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Harlan 31083
- Holt 31089
- Jefferson 31095
- Johnson 31097
- Kearney 31099
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Merrick 31121
- Nance 31125
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Phelps 31137
- Platte 31141
- Polk 31143
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Sarpy 31153
- Seward 31159
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- York 31185
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Athens 39009
- Auglaize 39011
- Brown 39015
- Butler 39017
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Coshocton 39031
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Defiance 39039
- Erie 39043
- Fayette 39047
- Franklin 39049
- Fulton 39051
- Greene 39057
- Hamilton 39061
- Hancock 39063
- Hardin 39065
- Henry 39069
- Highland 39071
- Huron 39077
- Knox 39083
- Lawrence 39087
- Licking 39089
- Lorain 39093
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Marion 39101
- Mercer 39107
- Miami 39109
- Montgomery 39113
- Morgan 39115
- Muskingum 39119
- Ottawa 39123
- Paulding 39125
- Pickaway 39129
- Pike 39131
- Preble 39135
- Putnam 39137
- Ross 39141
- Sandusky 39143
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Shelby 39149
- Summit 39153
- Union 39159
- Van Wert 39161
- Warren 39165
- Washington 39167
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adair 40001
- Alfalfa 40003
- Atoka 40005
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Canadian 40017
- Carter 40019
- Cherokee 40021
- Choctaw 40023
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Craig 40035
- Creek 40037
- Custer 40039
- Dewey 40043
- Garfield 40047
- Grady 40051
- Greer 40055
- Johnston 40069
- Latimer 40077
- Le Flore 40079
- Lincoln 40081
- Logan 40083
- Love 40085
- Major 40093
- Marshall 40095
- McClain 40087
- McCurtain 40089
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Okfuskee 40107
- Oklahoma 40109
- Ottawa 40115
- Pawnee 40117
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Roger Mills 40129
- Sequoyah 40135
- Stephens 40137
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
- Washita 40149
- Woods 40151
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Bedford 47003
- Cheatham 47021
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dyer 47045
- Giles 47055
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Jackson 47087
- Lake 47095
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- McNairy 47109
- Montgomery 47125
- Obion 47131
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sequatchie 47153
- Shelby 47157
- Smith 47159
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Tipton 47167
- Trousdale 47169
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Bosque 48035
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Cameron 48061
- Cass 48067
- Chambers 48071
- Clay 48077
- Collin 48085
- Comal 48091
- Comanche 48093
- Cooke 48097
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- DeWitt 48123
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Fannin 48147
- Fayette 48149
- Fort Bend 48157
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Harris 48201
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hill 48217
- Houston 48225
- Hunt 48231
- Karnes 48255
- Kaufman 48257
- Kendall 48259
- Kerr 48265
- Leon 48289
- Liberty 48291
- Llano 48299
- Mason 48319
- Matagorda 48321
- McCulloch 48307
- McLennan 48309
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Navarro 48349
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Red River 48387
- Robertson 48395
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- San Saba 48411
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Victoria 48469
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Wharton 48481
- Williamson 48491
- Wise 48497
§5Sources & provenance
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