Résumé ²

Cornus sericea

Description ³

• Shape: Multi-stemmed shrub
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Opposite
• Flower: White rounded cluster
• Leaves: oval with pointed tip, prominent veins that never reach leaf’s edge, 2-4 inches long and 1-3 inches wide
• Bark: smooth, reddish green during growing season, deep red during dormant season
• Fruit/Seed: cluster of ¼ inch, white, round, berries
• Height: 3-8 feet
• Flowering: May - August
• Habitat: open wetlands

Sources and Credits

1. (c) wetlandfan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by wetlandfan
2. Adapted by Jean Francois Noulin from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_sericea
3. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1169525

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