Cornus foemina (gray dogwood)
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Notes
Key Characteristics
- Shrub often existing in dense thickets (many stemmed clones)
- Bark smooth
- Leaves opposite, simple, ovate to lanceolate, long acuminate, latex filled
- Felt tipped pen buds
- White drupe
- Clonal by rhizomes
- Sometimes found in dry habitats
- Twigs slender, lenticels prominent, winter buds small, oblong
Sourced from "Michigan Shrubs"
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Pictures
Many come from Steve Baskauf at Vanderbilt University