Cornus racemosa
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Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID644035dc64ad1988595457 |
| Scientific name | Cornus racemosa |
| Authority | Lam. |
| First published in | Encycl. 2: 116 (1786) |
Description Top
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Summary
Cornus racemosa, also known as northern swamp dogwood, gray dogwood, or panicle dogwood, is a shrubby plant native to southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States. It grows 1.2 to 3 m (4 to 10 ft) high, rarely to 8 m (26 ft). Its bark is gray and its twigs have white pith. The leaves are 4–8 cm (1+1⁄2–3+1⁄4 in) long and 1–4 cm (1⁄2–1+1⁄2 in) wide, and typically have 3 or 4 pairs of lateral veins. The white flowers are small, with four petals 2.3 to 3 mm (0.091 to 0.118 in) long, and clustered together in rounded clusters 2.5 to 5 cm (1 to 2 in) wide. After flowering, green fruits (drupes) are produced, and they ripen and turn white from August to October. It has been variably treated as a subspecies of Cornus foemina Mill., and occasionally hybridizes with Cornus amomum (silky dogwood).
Cornus racemosa, also known as northern swamp dogwood, gray dogwood, or panicle dogwood, is a shrubby plant native to southeastern Canada and the northeastern United States. It grows 1.2 to 3 m (4 to 10 ft) high, rarely to 8 m (26 ft). Its bark is gray and its twigs have white pith. The leaves are 4–8 cm (1+1⁄2–3+1⁄4 in) long and 1–4 cm (1⁄2–1+1⁄2 in) wide, and typically have 3 or 4 pairs of lateral veins. The white flowers are small, with four petals 2.3 to 3 mm (0.091 to 0.118 in) long, and clustered together in rounded clusters 2.5 to 5 cm (1 to 2 in) wide. After flowering, green fruits (drupes) are produced, and they ripen and turn white from August to October. It has been variably treated as a subspecies of Cornus foemina Mill., and occasionally hybridizes with Cornus amomum (silky dogwood).
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Swida candidissima | Small | Fl. S.E. U.S. : 853 (1903) |
| Swida gracilis | (Koehne) Soják | Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1960: 10 (1960) |
| Swida racemosa | (Lam.) Moldenke | Boissiera 7: 3. 1943 |
| Thelycrania racemosa | (Lam.) Tsitsin | Trees & Shrubs : 50 (1959) |
| Cornus foemina subsp. racemosa | (Lam.) J.S.Wilson | Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 67: 795 (1965) |
| Cornus paniculata var. albida | Pursh | Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 109 (1813) |
| Cornus paniculata var. radiata | Pursh | Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 109 (1813) |
| Cornus racemosa f. caeruleocarpa | Oswald | Phytologia 5: 337 (1956) |
| Cornus racemosa f. nielsenii | J.W.Moore | Rhodora 52: 58 (1950) |
| Cornus albida | Ehrh. | Beitr. Naturk. 4: 16 (1789) |
| Cornus comosa | Raf. | Alsogr. Amer. : 63 (1838) |
| Cornus gracilis | Koehne | Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 1903: 36 (1903) |
| Cornus paniculata | L'Hér. | Cornus : 9 (1789) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | gray dogwood |
| English | northern swamp dogwood |
| English | panicle dogwood |
| Arabic | قرانيا عنقودية |
| Chinese | 灰枝梾木 |
Germination/Propagation Top
Suggest a correction or add new data!| Alternate between 4°C and 20°C for 3 months each, over several cycles, with an extended germination period. |
| Pulpy Coat Inhibits Germination: Seeds with a pulpy or fleshy outer coat need to have this material removed by soaking and rinsing in clean water daily for about a week. The inhibitory substances in the pulp are thus washed away, and germination rates improve. |
| wash and rinse daily in clean water x 14 days to remove pulp |
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Eastern Canada
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- Québec
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North-central U.S.A.
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- South Dakota
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Northeastern U.S.A.
- Connecticut
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- Maine
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- West Virginia
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South-central U.S.A.
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Southeastern U.S.A.
- District Of Columbia
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- Virginia
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Western Canada
- Manitoba
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Eastern Canada
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000924819 |
| Cornell Woody Plants | 66 |
| Canadensys | 14857 |
| USDA Plants | CORA6 |
| UConn | 126 |
| Tropicos | 8700113 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:271653-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-47487 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | 279351 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 148274 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 4284 |
| Nature Serve | 2.139198 |
| IPNI | 271653-1 |
| iNaturalist | 320160 |
| GBIF | 3082264 |
| Freebase | /m/07bpr7 |
| WisFlora | 3218 |
| FEIS | plants/tree/corrac |
| EPPO | CRWRA |
| EOL | 488282 |
| USDA GRIN | 11570 |
| Wikipedia | Cornus_racemosa |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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