PLANTS Profile for Cornus alternifolia (alternateleaf dogwood)

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Cornus alternifolia L. f.
alternateleaf dogwood

Symbol:

COAL2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cornaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, TN, Gatlinburg. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Cornus alternifolia L. f.

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Synonyms:
Cornus alternifolia L. f.

SWAL4

Swida alternifolia (L. f.) Small

Distribution:
Cornus alternifolia L. f.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Cornus alternifolia L. f.

View 4 genera in Cornaceae, 29 species in Cornus

Classification:
Cornus alternifolia L. f.

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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 alternifolia L. f. – alternateleaf dogwood

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cornus alternifolia L. f.

This plant is 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.

Florida:
pagoda dogwood		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Cornus alternifolia L. f.

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

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27813.

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 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 09/24/2008 04:20 AM MDT