Index / Search / Cornus foemina
§1 Plant
Cornus foemina Mill.
vernacular stiff 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 384 counties across 11 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -3 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 240 min.
- Precipitation
- 36–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–7.2
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Thicket Forming
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 16 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 16 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- 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
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 12,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 384 counties across 11 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Bullock 01011
- Butler 01013
- Calhoun 01015
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Dale 01045
- Dallas 01047
- DeKalb 01049
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Etowah 01055
- Fayette 01057
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Jefferson 01073
- Lamar 01075
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Limestone 01083
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Monroe 01099
- Montgomery 01101
- Morgan 01103
- Perry 01105
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Russell 01113
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Sumter 01119
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Wilcox 01131
Arkansas view state ↗ 50 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Chicot 05017
- Clark 05019
- Clay 05021
- Columbia 05027
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crittenden 05035
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Greene 05055
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Lafayette 05073
- Lincoln 05079
- Lonoke 05085
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Mississippi 05093
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Phillips 05107
- Pike 05109
- Poinsett 05111
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sevier 05133
- St. Francis 05123
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Woodruff 05147
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Brevard 12009
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Baldwin 13009
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Bibb 13021
- Brooks 13027
- Catoosa 13047
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Clay 13061
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dodge 13091
- Dooly 13093
- Dougherty 13095
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Grady 13131
- Harris 13145
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- McDuffie 13189
- Miller 13201
- Morgan 13211
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pike 13231
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Sumter 13261
- Taylor 13269
- Terrell 13273
- Tift 13277
- Wayne 13305
- Worth 13321
Kentucky view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Ascension 22005
- Assumption 22007
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Adams 28001
- Benton 28009
- Bolivar 28011
- Calhoun 28013
- Chickasaw 28017
- Choctaw 28019
- Clarke 28023
- Clay 28025
- Covington 28031
- George 28039
- Grenada 28043
- Hinds 28049
- Holmes 28051
- Itawamba 28057
- Jackson 28059
- Jasper 28061
- Jones 28067
- Kemper 28069
- Lafayette 28071
- Lamar 28073
- Lee 28081
- Leflore 28083
- Lincoln 28085
- Madison 28089
- Marion 28091
- Marshall 28093
- Newton 28101
- Pearl River 28109
- Pike 28113
- Prentiss 28117
- Quitman 28119
- Rankin 28121
- Scott 28123
- Sharkey 28125
- Simpson 28127
- Smith 28129
- Tallahatchie 28135
- Tishomingo 28141
- Union 28145
- Washington 28151
- Wayne 28153
- Webster 28155
- Winston 28159
- Yazoo 28163
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Brunswick 37019
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Guilford 37081
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Martin 37117
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
Virginia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Louisa 51109
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Page 51139
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/COFO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3082230 ↗Record version
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