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§1 Plant
Cornus alternifolia L. f.
vernacular alternateleaf 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
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 386 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -47 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 24–70 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.8–7.3
- Root depth
- 20 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 25 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 25 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- 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
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 8,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- 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 386 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fayette 21067
- Floyd 21071
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Knott 21119
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Leslie 21131
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Mercer 21167
- Morgan 21175
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Todd 21219
- Trimble 21223
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
- Woodford 21239
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alleghany 37005
- Ashe 37009
- Buncombe 37021
- Clay 37043
- Graham 37075
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Jackson 37099
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- McDowell 37111
- Mitchell 37121
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Watauga 37189
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 66 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Botetourt 51023
- Buchanan 51027
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Dickenson 51051
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Floyd 51063
- Franklin 51067
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Roanoke 51161
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
West Virginia view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Barbour 54001
- Brooke 54009
- Calhoun 54013
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hancock 54029
- Hardy 54031
- Jackson 54035
- Jefferson 54037
- Kanawha 54039
- Marion 54049
- Marshall 54051
- McDowell 54047
- Mercer 54055
- Mineral 54057
- Monongalia 54061
- Monroe 54063
- Ohio 54069
- Pendleton 54071
- Pocahontas 54075
- Preston 54077
- Raleigh 54081
- Randolph 54083
- Summers 54089
- Taylor 54091
- Tucker 54093
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wayne 54099
- Webster 54101
- Wetzel 54103
- Wirt 54105
- Wyoming 54109
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/COAL2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3082242 ↗Record version
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