This deciduous tree is well known for the beautiful white flowers it produces each year, but is also easily defined by its smooth, deep brown bark, peppered with white spots. The flowers on the Pacific Dogwood are each composed of four white petals, which are centered around a yellow inside. While the Dogwood mainly blooms in spring, it is possible under the correct conditions that it will bloom again in the fall.
Image by Paul Schultz, Wiki Creative Commons
Foliage
Dogwood leaves are pointed ovals, and group in symmetrical groups down long stems. While green most of the year, Dogwood turns a kaleidoscope of color in the fall, including red, orange, yellow, bright green, and purple.
Seeds or Cones
The Dogwood produces a bright red fruit, pictured here, in late summer. This fruit contains small seeds.
All illustrations by A.S. Longman
Did you know?
Certain indigenous groups of the pacific northwest use dogwood bark to create brown dye
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