Calflora: Cornus sericea ssp. sericea

Cornus sericea L. ssp. sericea

American Dogwood, Creek Dogwood, red osier dogwood, redosier dogwood

Cornus sericea ssp. sericea, a dicot, is a shrub that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

Communities:	Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, wetland-riparian
Wetlands:	Usually occurs in wetlands, but occasionally found in non wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Toxicity:	DERMATITIS [California Poison Control System 2010]
Elevation:	between 0 and 9000 feet
Family:	CORNACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Cornus found in California.
	See the more inclusive parent record Cornus sericea.

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:
(according to)

PLANTS:	Cornus alba ssp. stolonifera
PLANTS:	Swida sericea
PLANTS:	Swida instolonea
PLANTS:	Cornus stolonifera
PLANTS:	Cornus stolonifera var. stolonifera
PLANTS:	Cornus stolonifera var. interior
PLANTS:	Cornus stolonifera var. coloradensis
PLANTS:	Cornus stolonifera var. baileyi
PLANTS:	Cornus sericea var. interior
PLANTS:	Cornus sericea ssp. stolonifera
PLANTS:	Cornus interior
PLANTS:	Cornus instolonea
PLANTS:	Cornus baileyi
PLANTS:	Cornus alba
PLANTS:	Cornus alba var. sibirica
PLANTS:	Cornus alba var. interior
PLANTS:	Cornus alba var. baileyi
PLANTS:	Swida stolonifera
XWALK:	Cornus californica

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Cornus sericea ssp. sericea from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (COSES)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database