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Kousa Dogwood

Cornus kousa · Cornaceae · 산딸나무

How to spot it

Pointed white bracts, round red fruit clusters, and bark that flakes in brown and tan patches.

Look

Leaves
Opposite elliptic simple leaves with smooth margins and a glossy upper surface.
Flowers
The showy white parts are not petals but bracts surrounding a cluster of small flowers.
Fruit
Fruits from many flowers merge into a red, nearly round, fleshy cluster with hard stones inside.
Bark
Young bark is smooth and light brown; later it flakes in brownish patches.

Where it grows

In Korea
Native
Native to
Temperate East Asia from the eastern Himalaya to China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan.
Ecology
Horticultural sources record that birds and squirrels eat the fruit and that the crown is used by birds as a nesting site.

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