PLANTS Profile for Cornus racemosa (gray dogwood)

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PLANTS Profile

Cornus racemosa Lam.
gray dogwood

Symbol:

CORA6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cornaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N


Common Names:
	panicled dogwood

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Cornus racemosa Lam.

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Synonyms:
Cornus racemosa Lam.

	COFOR	Cornus foemina Mill. ssp. racemosa (Lam.) J.S. Wilson
	COPA23	Cornus paniculata L'Hér.

Distribution:
Cornus racemosa Lam.


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USA (AR, CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, SD, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Cornus racemosa Lam.

View 4 genera in Cornaceae, 29 species in Cornus

Classification:
Cornus racemosa Lam.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Cornales
Family	Cornaceae – Dogwood family
Genus	Cornus L. – dogwood
Species	Cornus racemosa Lam. – gray dogwood

More Accounts and Images:
Cornus racemosa Lam.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501635.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Cornus racemosa Lam.

MO-Missouri Vegetation Management Manual

Time Generated: 09/20/2008 07:12 AM MDT