• Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Cornus alternifolia

alternate-leaved dogwood, pagoda dogwood

Nomenclature

Common Name:

alternate-leaved dogwood, pagoda dogwood

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Genus species:

Cornus alternifolia

Family:

Cornaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

tree

Size:

10-15 (30) ft tall by 10-15 wide.

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white

Fruit Color:

blue,black

Phenology:

Deciduous

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Fall Color, Interesting Foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Small specimen tree. Can also work as an understory tree.

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Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -to- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand, Loam, Organic

Soil pH:

Acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals

Larval host for cecropia silkmoth ( Hyalophora cecropia ) and spring azure butterfly ( Celastrina ladon ). 





Attracts long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, and butterflies. 

Birds and small mammals consume the fruit.

Native Habitats:

Slope forest, upland hardwood forest. Bluffs, creek forests.

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