Dogwood is a genus of 30-60 species of shrubs and trees, native to the northern hemisphere.  Part of family Cornaceae.

🚧 In the future, we will add here identification paths for specific species of dogwood, probably starting with flowering dogwood  Cornus florida, Cornelian-cherry dogwood  Cornus mas, ◼ gray dogwood  Cornus racemosa and ◼ red osier dogwood  Cornus sericea.   Please let us know which other species you would like to see here, using the button at the bottom of this page.

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Cornus hosts caterpillars of 121 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.

Learn more about dogwood genus Cornus (Cornus spp.)

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