Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida · Cornaceae · 꽃산딸나무

How to spot it

Marked by four large bracts with notched tips, leaf veins that curve toward the leaf tip, and bark broken into small square blocks.

Look

Leaves: Opposite simple leaves with veins that curve like arcs toward the tip.
Flowers: Four petal-like bracts surround a small cluster of flowers, and the bract tips are notched.
Fruit: Glossy red oval drupes borne in small clusters.
Bark: On mature trees the dark bark breaks into small scale-like blocks.

Where it grows

In Korea: Planted
Native to: Native from southeastern Canada through eastern North America to eastern Mexico.
Ecology: In its North American range it grows at forest edges and under larger trees; the fruit feeds many birds and mammals.

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