OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida foemina   FAMILY Cornaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus foemina   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cornus foemina

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Cornus foemina

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cornus foemina

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 142-01-005:

Cornus stricta   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Svida stricta

(?) -

Swida stricta

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Swamp Dogwood


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image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cofo_001_lvd

        

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_cost13_001_lvd

        

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Keith Bradley    kab_cornus_stricta_73486

March    Collier County    FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

Keith Bradley    kab_cornus_stricta_73495

March    Collier County    FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

Keith Bradley    kab_cornus_stricta_73501

March    Collier County    FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

Keith Bradley    kab_cornus_stricta_73718

March    Collier County    FL

Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

Mark A. Musselman    mam_swampdogwood051508

May    Dorchester County    SC

Audubon Center at Francis Beidler Forest

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

JK Marlow    jkm140711_811

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

JK Marlow    jkm140711_813

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

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JK Marlow    jkm140711_819

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

JK Marlow    jkm140711_824

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Twigs red to gray, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

JK Marlow    jkm140711_826

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

JK Marlow    jkm140711_828

July    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_stricta_stiff_6

August    Gilmer-Murray Counties    GA

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_cornus_stricta

August        

Flowers borne in a flat 1-2.5" cluster, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

JK Marlow    jkm120910_557

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Drupes grayish, becoming bright blue, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

JK Marlow    jkm120912_695

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Pith white in second-year stems, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).


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image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

JK Marlow    jkm120912_704

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Usually 3-4 veins per leaf side, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

JK Marlow    jkm120912_709

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves glabrous beneath or with a few short, straight, appressed trichomes, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

JK Marlow    jkm120912_717

September    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Drupes bright blue, globose, about 6-7mm in diameter, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).

image of Swida foemina, Southern Swamp Dogwood

Ron Lance    rwl2171_a

September        

Fuit is grayish at first but becomes blue with age, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida foemina   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus foemina   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus foemina

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cornus foemina

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus foemina

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 142-01-005:
Cornus stricta   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Svida stricta

(?) -
Swida stricta

 

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Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: swamps, streambanks, marshes, alluvial forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White to cream
4-merous
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Grayish->Bright blue
Drupe

 

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