#959 most planted
Cornus controversa
Wedding cake tree · also Giant dogwood, Table dogwood
SpreadingDeciduous
237
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
7
cities
4.1 in
median trunk (10 cm, 160 measured)
23 yr
median age (46% have a planting date)
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A deciduous tree known for its distinctive tiered, spreading branches. It produces white flowers in summer, followed by black fruits that are attractive to birds. Its leaves turn red-purple in autumn.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 1000.03%27 yr5.9 in
- 920.05%—3.0 in
- 230.01%—4.3 in
- 110.01%—11 in
- 50.00%15 yr17 in
- 30.00%—0.5 in
- 30.02%—2.4 in
Traits
- Form
- Spreading
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 40–50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 40–60 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Wildlife value
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.1 in, mean 5.8 in, 90th percentile 9.9 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Central China Loess Plateau mixed forests
- Central Korean deciduous forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
- South Taiwan monsoon rain forests
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands
- Southeast Tibet shrublands and meadows
Other Cornus in the catalogue
16 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
