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Photographer: Kenneth J. Sytsma
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Family Cornaceae
Cornus stolonifera Michx.
red osier dogwood
Cornus: Latin cornu for "horn," probably referring to the hardness of the wood
stolonifera: bearing stolons or runners
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| Status: | Native - potentially invasive |
| Plant: | perennial, 3' - 10' tall shrub; stems smooth, reddish-purple |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted; inflorescence a 1"-2" flat, branched cluster (cyme); blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | white-blue berry |
| Leaf: | stalked, opposite, ovate to lance-like, whitish below, 1"-5" long |
| Habitat: | moist |
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