ALTERNATE-LEAVED DOGWOOD (Cornus aliernifolia, Liun.) 

 15 to 30 feet. A small tree or shrub with low, round head 

 made of layers of horizontal branches. Bark smooth, reddish 

 brown; twigs reddish green. Wood heavy, hard, fine textured, 

 brown. Buds pale brown, acute, scaly. Leaves alternate 

 3 to 5 inches long, oval, pointed, entire, whitish beneath, on 

 slim petioles. Flowers in May, creamy white, small, in flat 

 cymes, l to 3 inches across, on short lateral branches. Fruits 

 October, dark blue, berry-like, f inch across, on red peduncles; 

 nutlets 1 to 2, grooved. Dist.: Moist, well-drained soil. 

 Nova Scotia to Minnesota; south to Georgia and Alabama 

 Handsome ornamental tree. 



