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Your search found 16 taxa in the family Cornaceae, Dogwood family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Blackgum, Black Tupelo, Sour Gum
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nyssa sylvatica FAMILY: Nyssaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nyssa sylvatica FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nyssa sylvatica var. sylvatica 141-01-001a FAMILY: Nyssaceae
Habitat: Dry or mesic upland forests, less commonly in bottomlands, pine savannas, or upland depressions, where occasionally inundated briefly
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Swamp Tupelo, Swamp Blackgum, Swamp Gum, Water Gum
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nyssa biflora FAMILY: Nyssaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nyssa biflora FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nyssa sylvatica var. biflora 141-01-001b FAMILY: Nyssaceae
Habitat: Blackwater river swamps, depressions in pinelands, pocosins, either where inundated for substantial periods of time or in more-or-less permanently saturated organic peaty soils
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Bear Tupelo, Apalachicola Tupelo
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nyssa ursina FAMILY: Nyssaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nyssa ursina FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: Stringers, flatwoods depressions
Native: Florida
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Common Name:
Water Tupelo, Cotton Gum, Tupelo Gum
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nyssa aquatica FAMILY: Nyssaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nyssa aquatica FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nyssa aquatica 141-01-002 FAMILY: Nyssaceae
Habitat: River swamps, less typically in isolated upland ponds, where inundated for substantial periods of time
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Ogeechee Tupelo, Ogeechee Lime, Ogeechee Plum
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Nyssa ogeche FAMILY: Nyssaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Nyssa ogeche FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Nyssa ogeche 141-01-003 FAMILY: Nyssaceae
Habitat: River swamps and wet forests with peaty soils, also in upland depression ponds
Common in GA, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Flowering Dogwood
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Benthamidia florida FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cornus florida FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cornus florida 142-01-001 FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: In a wide variety of dry to moist forests and woodlands, especially over acidic substrates
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Kousa Dogwood
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Benthamidia japonica FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cornus kousa FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: Suburban areas, sometimes planted as an ornamental and may persist or seed down in the immediate vicinity of the parent tree
Waif(s)
Non-native: China, Japan & Korea
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Common Name:
Bunchberry, Dwarf Dogwood, Dwarf Cornel
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Chamaepericlymenum canadense FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cornus canadensis FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: High elevation forests, in humus or on talus, under Betula cordifolia, Picea rubens, or Pinus rigida
Native: north of the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Swida alternifolia FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cornus alternifolia FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cornus alternifolia 142-01-002 FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic forests
Common in Mountains, rare elsewhere
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Silky Dogwood, Bush Dogwood, Silky Cornel
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Swida amomum FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cornus amomum FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cornus amomum 142-01-003 FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: Shores, streams, bottomlands
Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Red Osier Dogwood, Bailey's Dogwood
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Swida sericea FAMILY: Cornaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cornus sericea ssp. sericea FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: Shrub swamps, bottomlands, suburban areas
Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Northern Swamp Dogwood, Gray Dogwood
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Swida racemosa FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cornus racemosa FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cornus racemosa 142-01-004 FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: Wet to moist forests and thickets
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Southern Swamp Dogwood
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Swida foemina FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cornus foemina FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cornus stricta 142-01-005 FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: Swamps, streambanks, marshes, alluvial forests
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Eastern Roughleaf Dogwood
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Swida asperifolia FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cornus asperifolia FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cornus asperifolia 142-01-006 FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: Mesic calcareous forests and thickets, shell middens, calcareous hammocks
Uncommon (rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Midwestern Roughleaf Dogwood
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Swida drummondii FAMILY: Cornaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cornus drummondii FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: Open woodlands and glades over calcareous rocks (limestone, calcareous shale); also naturalized in wetlands and slopes along old railroad tracks (in VA)
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Aucuba, Japanese-laurel, Spotted-laurel
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Aucuba japonica FAMILY: Garryaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Aucuba japonica FAMILY: Cornaceae
Habitat: Commonly planted throughout our area, rarely escaping and naturalizing in suburban woodlands
Waif(s)
Non-native: Japan & southeast Asia
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