Cornus florida
Location: Back yard, south edge, midway
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Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood, syn. Benthamidia florida (L.) Spach) is a species of dogwood native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southern Ontario and eastern Kansas, and south to northern Florida and eastern Texas and also in Illinois, with a disjunct population in eastern Mexico in Nuevo León and Veracruz. localphoto localphoto localphoto localphoto localphoto Link photo Genus: Cornus (dogwood) Family: Cornaceae (dogwood family) Order: Cornales (cornales) Class: Eudicots (Non-magnoliid dicots) Phylum/Division: Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) Kingdom: Plantae (Plants) |