Cornus sericea (American Dogwood)

8/18/11 Creekside, bridge at Whitney Portal National Recreation trailhead. Lone Pine region, Eastern Sierras, Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: American Dogwood

SPECIES: Cornus sericea

FAMILY: Cornaceae (Dogwood Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 8/18/2011

LOCATION: Creekside, bridge at Whitney Portal National Recreation trailhead. Lone Pine region, Eastern Sierras, Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

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Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Shrub generally 1.5--4 m. 

Stem: branches +- red to purple, +- glabrous to minute-strigose, in age gray-green, generally glabrous. 

Leaf: blade generally 5--10 cm, lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, paler abaxially, veins 4--7 pairs. 

Inflorescence: cyme, strigose; bracts 0. 

Flower: petals 2--4.5 mm; style 1--3 mm. 

Fruit: 7--9 mm, white to cream; stone smooth or 3-ridged on faces, furrowed on sides. 

Note: Highly variable complex with many local forms, treated broadly here. Subspecies intergrade widely. 

eFlora Treatment Author: James R. Shevock