Flowering Dogwood
(Cornus florida)

Tree Description

Thin tree a small, short trunk.  The branches start low and the tree generally has a flat crown.  

Leaf Description

• Leaf Arrangement is opposite
• Leaf Margin is entire
• Leaf Venation is arcuately pinnate
• Leaf Division is simple
• Leaf Attachment is Petiolate
• Leaf Shape is broadly elliptic with a pointy top

Bark Description
       
The bark is gray when young and darkens with maturity.  The texture is scaly to blocky.

Twig and Bud Description

                
Twigs are smooth.  They are slender or moderately stout.

Fruit Description 

This is a photo of a very immature fruit cluster.  Typically, the fruit is a shiny, oval shaped, red drupe.

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Resources:

• http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/main.htm
• Symonds, George W. D. The Tree Identification Book. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1958.
• Trees and Nonflowering Plants. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.,1998