NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 



A small to large tree ; flowers April-June ; root system not deep ; slow grow- 

 ing, long-lived ; relatively free from insects and diseases ; coppices freely ; 

 often occurs in slightly acid soil ; wood used commercially ; difficult to trans- 

 plant ; propagation is by seed stratified 120 to 140 days at 32-50 F. and sown 

 in spring, or by cuttings which root best in peat after treatment with potassium 

 permanganate ; 3,500-^,000 seeds per pound, germination about 70 percent, about 

 1,000 usable plants per pound of seed. 



Stomach records: Thirty-six species of birds, including ruffed grouse, bob- 

 white, and wild turkey; eastern chipmunk. Observations: Twenty-eight species 

 of birds including bobwhite and wild turkey ; ranks twenty-first on the list 

 of quail food plants of the Southeast ; preferred food of wild turkey ; much 

 eaten by squirrels ; white-tailed deer ; gray squirrel. 



Cornus foemina Mill. Stiff cornel. 



C. stricta Lam., C. candidissima Marsh., Svida foemina (Mill.) Rydb., 

 S. stricta (Lam.) Small. 



Range : 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29. 

 Site : Well-drained, moist, sun. 

 Fruit: Drupe, available September-October. 

 A large shrub ; flowers May-June. 



Cornus glabrata Benth. Brown dogwood. 



Svida catalinensis Millsp. 

 Range : 1, 3, 4, 5. 

 Site: Moist, sun. 



Fruit : Drupe, available August-September. 



A large, thicket-forming shrub ; flowers May-June ; procumbent or drooping 

 branches root where they touch the ground. 



Cornus instolonea, see Cornus stolonifera. 



Cornus interior Rydb. 

 Svida interior Rydb. 



Range: 15, 16, 18, 19. 

 Site : Moist, sun. 



Fruit: Drupe, available September-October. 

 A large shrub ; flowers June-July. 



Cornus microcarpa Nash. 



Svida microcarpa (Nash) Small. 

 Range: 29, 30. 

 Site : Well-drained, sun. 

 Fruit: Drupe, available in September. 

 A large shrub ; flowers April-May. 



Cornu's nuttallii Aud. Pacific dogwood. 



Cynoxylon nuttallii (Aud.) Sehaf. 

 Range : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 

 Site: Well-drained, sun, shade. 

 Fruit: Drupe, available October-November. 



Usually a small tree, more rarely a large one; flowers in April and again in 

 August-September; ordinarily grows best wjien somewhat shaded by adjacent 

 trees, the removal of which often brings on the death of the plant; coppices 

 freely ; wood very little used commercially ; cultivated to some extent ; about 

 6,000 seeds per pound. 



Stomach records: Four species of birds; Townsend's chipmunk. Observations: 

 Cooper's chipmunk ; of slight importance as browse for mule deer. 



Cornus obliqua Raf. Pale dogwood. 



C. purpusii Koehne. 



Range : 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. 

 Site : Well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 

 Fruit : Drupe, available July-September. 



A small to large, spreading shrub; flowers May-June; foliage dense; possibly 

 better considered as a form of C. amomum (q. v.). 



Cornus occidentalis Cov. Western osier. 



C. pubescens Nutt., Svida pubescens (Nutt.) Standl. 

 Range : 1, 2. 3, 4, 7, 12, 13. 

 Site : Well-drained, moist, sun. 

 Fruit: Drupe, available July-October. 



