The ROUGH-LEAVED DOGWOOD (C. asperifolia, Michx.). 

 has long been classed among the shrubby species. It becomes 

 tree-like in southern Arkansas and eastern Texas, sometimes 

 reaching a height of 50 feet. As a shrub it is distributed from 

 Ontario to Minnesota and Nebraska, and south into the Gulf 

 States. 



The leaves are dark green, paler below and often softly 

 pubescent, but made rough above by stubby white hairs. 

 This is the only tree dogwood with white berries, so it is easily 

 identified by leaf and fruit. 



Color illustration of Flowering Dogwood. 



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