Cornus florida
Flowering dogwood · also American dogwood, Florida dogwood, Eastern flowering dogwood
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This deciduous flowering dogwood, native to eastern North America, is cherished for its graceful pyramidal form, showy white bracts in spring, and vibrant red fall foliage. Widely planted as an ornamental, it thrives in well-drained, moist soil but is susceptible to various diseases, especially under stress.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 20,7709.1%—3.9 in
- 1,3230.18%—4.0 in
- 6190.31%7.4 yr2.5 in
- 4620.07%—1.6 in
- 4130.35%—9.2 in
- 3570.48%3.8 yr2.0 in
- 2520.14%—8.0 in
- 770.49%6.8 yr3.9 in
- 630.02%—2.4 in
- 380.11%—2.0 in
- 320.01%—3.0 in
- 290.04%—1.6 in
- 200.01%18 yr—
- 160.01%10 yr1.6 in
- 110.01%7.5 yr3.0 in
- 100.00%—0.6 in
- 100.00%—4.4 in
- 50.00%35 yr1.5 in
- 40.01%—2.0 in
- 10.00%—2.0 in
- 10.00%—1.2 in
- 10.01%——
Traits
- Form
- Broadleaf
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 20–30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 25–30 ft
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.9 in, mean 4.1 in, 90th percentile 6.3 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
- East Central Texas forests
- Mississippi lowland forests
- Northeast US Coastal forests
Other Cornus in the catalogue
16 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
