PLANTS Profile for Cornus obliqua (silky dogwood)

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PLANTS Profile

Cornus obliqua Raf.
silky dogwood

Symbol:

COOB9

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cornaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Cornus obliqua Raf.

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Synonyms:
Cornus obliqua Raf.

	COAMO	Cornus amomum Mill. ssp. obliqua (Raf.) J.S. Wilson
	COAMS	Cornus amomum Mill. var. schuetzeana (C.A. Mey.) Rickett
	COPU10	Cornus purpusii Koehne

Distribution:
Cornus obliqua Raf.


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USA (AR, CT, DC, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SD, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Cornus obliqua Raf.

View 4 genera in Cornaceae, 29 species in Cornus

Classification:
Cornus obliqua Raf.

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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 obliqua Raf. – silky dogwood

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cornus obliqua Raf.

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New Jersey:
Cornus amomum var. schuetzeana
pale dogwood		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Cornus obliqua Raf.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 511442.

View species account 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.

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 06:48 PM MDT