Flora of the Allegany State Park Region 117 



Cornus florida L. (figure 18). Flowering Dogwood 



In acid or sterile soil of rocky, sandy or gravelly 

 woodlands and open places, locally common. Huckle- 

 berry hill, Elko mountain, thickets on the conglomer- 

 ate soils of some of the higher ridges, and scattered 

 elsewhere throughout the park area and the Alle- 

 gheny valley. 

 Cornus rugosa Lam. C. circinata L'Her. Round-leaved 

 Dogwood 

 In situations similar to the preceding species hut 

 also frequently in damper situations of more fertile 

 soil. Huckleberry hill, Elko mountain etc. 

 Cornus Amomum Mill. Silky Dogwood, Kinnikinnik 



In wet or alluvial soil of open or shaded places. 

 Common along the lower stream courses and in the 

 Allegheny and Tunungwant valleys. 

 Cornus stolonifera Michx. Red Osier Dogwood 



In swam] is and wet soil. Not observed in the park 

 area hut probably present along some of the streams. 

 Common about the swamps, hogs and ponds along the 

 edge of the glacial drift toward Randolph and Steam- 

 burg. 

 Cornus candidissima Marsh. C. paniculata, Gray's Alan.. 

 C. foemina Mill. Panicled Dogwood 

 In alluvial or wet soil along the bottomlands of 

 the Allegheny and Tunungwant valleys, often form- 

 ing thickets which are conspicuous when in full 

 bloom. 

 Cornus alternifolia L. f. Alternate-leaved Dogwood 



In stony, gravelly or sometimes sandy soils. Com- 

 mon in open woods and thickets of the conglomerate 

 formation on and adjacent to the higher ridges, scat- 



