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Dogwood (Cornus sericea sericea)

Description

Cornus sericea, syn. C. stolonifera, Swida sericea, red osier or red-osier dogwood,is a species of flowering plant in the familyCornaceae, native throughout northern and western North America from Alaska east to Newfoundland, south to Durango and Nuevo León in the west, and Illinois and Virginia in the east. Other names include red willow, redstem dogwood, redtwig dogwood, red-rood, American dogwood, creek dogwood, and western dogwood.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Cornales

            • Family: Cornaceae

              • Genus: Cornus