Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)


Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
Photographed May 1.

A small tree or large shrub with smooth leaves that resemble the leaves of Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida), but the clusters of flowers lack the showy bracts that make the better-known species such a favorite ornamental tree. Father Pitt is reasonably sure of this identification, but corrections are always received with gratitude. This plant was blooming in Bird Park in Mount Lebanon.

Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)


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