Dogwood Fact Sheet

Its leaves are opposite taper pointed and oval.

Dogwood fact sheet. Dogwood can be found in the evergreen forests or on the edges of deciduous forests. There are 30 to 50 species of dogwood that are native to temperate areas of north america and eurasia. Cornus racemosalam gray dogwood is a thickly branched slow growing dogwood seldom more than 6 feet high at maturity. Dogwood canker discula destructiva is a fungal disease that causes leaf and twig blights and trunk cankers.

It grows on fertile loamy soil in areas that provide enough moisture and shade. The leaves are opposite one another and from 3 to 6 inches long. Depending on the species of dogwood you plant you may have a short stout bush or a 25 foot tall tree. Young dogwoods have bright red stems in the fall winter and early spring which turn reddish brown in the summer.

Its flowers which bloom in june or july are white and loosely clustered and its white fruit which appears in september and october is set off by bright red fruit stalks. If carefully treated a mature dogwood tree species such as the flowering dogwood may reach 40 feet in height. This behavior creates thickets. Dogwood is a type of flowering tree that belongs to the family cornaceae.

The tree displays medium growth averaging between 13 and 24 inches annually. Silky dogwood is a large shrub often 6 10 feet in height. The growth habit is upright rounded but where stems are in contact with the ground roots are formed.