Cornus obliqua Raf. Swida amomum (Mill.) Small var. schuetzeana (C.A. Mey.) A.Haines Cornus amomum Mill. ssp. obliqua (Raf.) J.S. Wilson Cornus amomum Mill. var. schuetzeana (C.A. Mey.) Rickett Cornus purpusii Koehne Narrowleaf dogwood, silky dogwood, swamp dogwood
Narrowleaf dogwood is native to eastern and central North America. Identification: These dogwoods are multiply branched shrubs up to 12' (3.7 m) high. Branch bark is highly variable in color: gray, brown, reddish brown, red, or yellow-brown. Young twigs have fine hairs; mature branches have vertical lenticels. Leaves are opposite, on stems up to ½" (1.5 cm) long. Leaves are deeply veined on the back, up to 4" (10 cm) × 1¼" (3.5 cm) in size, oval with pointed tips, somewhat narrower than other dogwood leaves. They turn deep red or maroon in the fall. Flowers bloom from May to June, and are yellowish-white. The berries are, well, if you ask me, awesome. First, they’re colorful: they go from green to white to light blue to deep blue. It is the light blue phase that I like best—they have a sheen that actually looks metallic. Online References:
Cornus obliqua at the Plants of the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden Cornus obliqua at Illinois Wildflowers Cornus obliqua at the Missouri Botanical Garden Cornus obliqua at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center References:
Petrides, George A., Peterson Field Guides: Trees and Shrubs, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1972, p. 77, 106 Symonds, George W.D., Shrub Identification Book, HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 1963, p. 98 8/16/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts 9/25/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts 9/25/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts 9/25/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts 8/20/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts Cornus obliqua description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020. © FloraFinder.org. All rights reserved. |
8/27/2010 · Beaver Brook Association Conservation Lands, Rte. 130, Hollis, New Hampshire 7/17/2019 · Oceanview, Falmouth, Maine 8/26/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts 8/20/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts 12/12/2020 · By Jacquelyn Boyt 8/26/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts 8/20/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts 7/17/2019 · Oceanview, Falmouth, Maine 8/11/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts Range: Zones 4-8:
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