General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: |
Perennial
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Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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Leaves: |
Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
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Fruit: |
Edible to birds
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Flowers: |
Showy
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Edible Parts: |
Fruit
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Propagation: Other methods: |
Cuttings: Stem
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Pollinators: |
Various insects
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- Miner's Dogwood
- Dogwood
- Blackfruit Dogwood
- Blackfruit Cornel
Posted by
SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Dec 23, 2013 3:01 PM concerning plant:
Cornus sessilis is a species of dogwood known by the common names blackfruit cornel or blackfruit dogwood and miner's dogwood. This is a shrub or small tree which is endemic to northern California, where it grows along streambanks in the Cascades, Sierra Nevada, and the coastal mountain ranges. It is a tree of the redwood understory in its native range. This dogwood may approach five meters in height at maximum. It is deciduous, bearing deeply veined oval green leaves in season which turn red before falling. Its inflorescence is a cluster of tiny greenish-yellow flowers surrounded by thick, pointed bracts. The fruit is a round drupe about a centimeter wide which is white when new and gradually turns shiny black. The fruit attracts many birds. (Wikipedia)
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