Cherokee Chief Dogwood

by Donna Kennedy

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Cherokee Chief Dogwood

Artist

Donna Kennedy

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Photograph - Photographs

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Original Fine Art Photography and digital artwork by Donna Kennedy..

Spring Cherokee Chief Dogwood flowers at Rancho San Rafael Park, Reno, Nevada

Cornus florida, commonly known as flowering dogwood, is a small deciduous tree that typically grows 15-30 ft tall with a low-branching, broadly-pyramidal but somewhat flat-topped habit. It arguably may be the most beautiful of the native American flowering trees. It is native from Maine to southern Ontario to Illinois to Kansas south to Florida, Texas and Mexico. It is the state tree of Missouri and Virginia. It blooms in early spring (April) shortly after, but usually overlapping, the bloom period of the redbuds. The true dogwood flowers are actually tiny, yellowish green and insignificant, being compacted into button-like clusters. However, each flower cluster is surrounded by four showy, white, petal-like bracts which open flat, giving the appearance of a single, large, 3-4inch diameter, 4-petaled, white flower. Oval, dark green leaves turn attractive shades of red in fall. Bright red fruits are bitter and inedible to humans (some authors say poisonous) but are loved by birds. Fruits mature in late summer to early fall and may persist until late in the year.

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