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Cornus florida
This small tree grows about 30 feet tall. Its trunk usually isn't more than eight inches wide. The trunk is also short, with many spreading branches. Flowering Dogwood leaves grow up to five inches long and 2 1/2 inches wide. They are green with short stalks. Underneath they are pale green. Flowering Dogwood leaves turn bright red in the Fall.
Understory. This one is growing at the corner of Park Marina road and Cottage Road.
Spotted on Oct 19, 2012
Submitted on Feb 1, 2013
2 Comments
Alicelongmartin - I took these in the fall because the berries and leaves were so beautiful, but this spring I'll get some of the flowers!
Of course this is not the flower, it is the seed-pod. Add the flower later on!