A lovely, small, flowering tree known as one of the most beautiful trees in Eastern North America. The Dogwood has a short trunk, spreading branches, and red berries that appear in autumn. The showy, early-spring flowers have greenish-white or pink petals and bloom before the leaves. The light, close-grained, hard wood is extremely shock-resistant and useful for making spools, small pulleys, mallet heads, and some golf club heads. Indigenous people used the aromatic bark and roots as a remedy for malaria and extracted a red dye from the roots. Height: 15-25’ Spread: 15-20’
Forest, Urban
Native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida and west to the Mississippi River.
Spring, Summer, Fall
Common
Diurnal
Larval host of the Spring Azure (Celastrina "ladon")
Least Concern
