Flowering dogwood

Description:

The genus Cornus is a group of about 30-60 species of woody plants. Most dogwoods are deciduous trees or shrubs, but a few species are nearly herbaceous perennial subshrubs, and a few of the woody species are evergreen. The flowering dogwood is often seen in American gardens and landscaping. The flowers of this species are tightly clustered, lacking showy petals, but surrounded by four to six large, typically white petal-like bracts. Dogwoods are used as food plants by the larvae of some species of butterflies and moths.

Habitat:

The various species of dogwood are native throughout much of temperate and boreal Eurasia and North America, with China and Japan and the southeastern United States particularly rich in native species. Seen in my yard.