Red Osier Dogwood

Red Osier Dogwood

Taxobox
name = Red Osier Dogwood


image_width = 240px
image_caption = Red Osier Dogwood bearing fruit
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Cornales
familia = Cornaceae
genus = "Cornus"
subgenus = "Swida"
species = "C. sericea"
binomial = "Cornus sericea"
binomial_authority = L.The Red Osier Dogwood ("Cornus sericea", syn. "C. stolonifera", "Swida sericea") is a species of dogwood native throughout northern and western North America from Alaska east to Newfoundland, south to Durango and Nuevo León in the west, and Illinois and Virginia in the east. Other names include Redtwig Dogwood, Red-rood, American Dogwood, and (subsp. "occidentalis") Western Dogwood. In the wild, it commonly grows in areas of damp soil, such as wetlands.

It is a medium to tall deciduous shrub, growing 1.5-4 m tall and 3-5 m wide, spreading readily by underground stolons to form dense thickets. The branches and twigs are dark red, although wild plants may lack this coloration in shaded areas. The leaves are opposite, 5-12 cm long and 2.5-6 cm broad, with an ovate to oblong shape and an entire margin; they are dark green above and glaucous below; fall color is commonly bright red to purple. The flowers are small (5-10 mm diameter), dull white in color, in clusters 3-6 cm diameter. The fruit is a globose white berry 5-9 mm diameter.

Cornus sericea is a popular ornamental shrub that is often planted for the red coloring of its twigs in the dormant season.

It is a variable species, with two subspecies commonly accepted:
*"Cornus sericea" subsp. "sericea" - throughout the range of the species. Shoots and leaves hairless or finely pubescent; flower petals 2-3 mm.
*"Cornus sericea" subsp. "occidentalis" (Torr. & A.Gray) Fosberg - western North America. Shoots and leaves densely pubescent; flower petals 3-4.5 mm.

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External links

* [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?103145 USDA ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network: "Cornus sericea"]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=COSE16 NRCS: USDA Plants Profile: "Cornus sericea"]
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3275,3276,3280 Jepson Flora of California: "Cornus sericea"] ; [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3275,3276,3280,3282 subsp. "sericea"] , [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3275,3276,3280,3281 subsp. "occidentalis"] .
* [http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/frame/coses.htm "Cornus sericea" ssp. "sericea" images at bioimages.vanderbilt.edu]


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