Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida racemosa
FAMILY
Cornaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Northern Swamp Dogwood at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus racemosa
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)
Cornus racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Swida racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Cornus foemina ssp. racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 142-01-004:
Cornus racemosa FAMILY Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Svida femina
COMMON NAME:
Northern Swamp Dogwood, Gray Dogwood
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June Macon County NC
Huffman's Native Plant Nursery
A thicket-forming shrub with brown pith, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida racemosa
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus racemosa
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Cornus racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Swida racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Cornus foemina ssp. racemosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 142-01-004:
Cornus racemosa
FAMILY
Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Svida femina
385
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Wet to moist forests and thickets, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare in NC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish
4-merous
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Gray then White
Drupe
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p207
- Landscaping with Native Trees (Sternberg & Wilson, 1995) p090
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p106
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p102
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p166
- Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988) p093
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p112
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