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§1 Plant

Cornus florida L.

vernacular flowering dogwood — species · Cornaceae

USDA
COFL2
GBIF
3082240
Rank
species
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
Platephotograph · Ryan_DienerCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§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

· 1,383 counties across 31 states/territories
Legend Native · 1383 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Low
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-28 °F minimum
Frost-free days
160 min.
Precipitation
28–80 in/yr
pH range
4.8–7.7
Root depth
18 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
30 ft
Height @ 20 y
20 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Red
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
4,480
Propagation
seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Fuelwood
Low
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,383 counties across 31 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 64 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 69 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 33 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 54 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 58 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 80 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 118 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 49 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 29 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 65 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 81 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 36 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 90 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 84 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 39 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 64 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 42 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 69 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 53 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 100 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 52 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/COFL2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3082240 ↗

Record version

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