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§1 Plant

Cornus amomum Mill.

vernacular silky dogwood — species · Cornaceae


USDA
COAM2
GBIF
3082227
Rank
species
silky dogwood (Cornus amomum)
Platephotograph · AnitaCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Cornaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Cornus
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 532 counties across 20 states/territories
Legend Native · 532 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

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

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
110 min.
Precipitation
36–60 in/yr
pH range
5–7
Root depth
16 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Stoloniferous
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
10 ft
Height @ 20 y
7 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Green
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Early Spring
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Seeds / lb
12,200
Propagation
seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

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

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 532 counties across 20 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 38 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 5 N
Georgia view state ↗ 41 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 51 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N
Maine view state ↗ 15 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 19 N
New Hampshire view state ↗ 9 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 19 N
New York view state ↗ 48 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 62 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 63 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N
Virginia view state ↗ 93 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 34 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

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

plants.usda.gov/COAM2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

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

gbif.org/species/3082227 ↗

Record version

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