Scientific or common name:

Cornus foemina Mill.

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CORNACEAE - Dogwood family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Cornus foemina Mill.
Nomencl. ref.: Gard. Dict., ed. 8. n. 4. 1768 [16 Apr 1768]
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Stiff dogwood
English name: stiff dogwood
English name: swamp dogwood

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Grown habit: Tree, Shrub
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Cornus stricta Lam.
= Swida foemina (Mill.) Rydb.
= Swida stricta (Lam.) Small

Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Cornus foemina Mill. ssp. microcarpa (Nash) J.S. Wilson
2) Cornus foemina Mill. ssp. racemosa (Lam.) J.S. Wilson

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Cornales
Family: Cornaceae
Genus: Cornus
Species:

1) Cornus alba L. p.p. 2) Cornus alba L. ssp. stolonifera (Michx.) Wangerin 3) Cornus alba L. var. baileyi (J.M. Coult. & Evans) B. Boivin 4) Cornus alba L. var. californica (C.A. Mey.) B. Boivin 5) Cornus alba L. var. interior (Rydb.) B. Boivin 6) Cornus alba L. var. occidentalis (Torr. & A. Gray) B. Boivin 7) Cornus alba L. var. sibirica Lodd. ex Loudon 8) Cornus alternifolia L. f. 9) Cornus amomum Mill. 10) Cornus amomum Mill. ssp. obliqua (Raf.) J.S. Wilson 11) Cornus amomum Mill. var. schuetzeana (C.A. Mey.) Rickett 12) Cornus asperifolia Michx. 13) Cornus baileyi J.M. Coult. & Evans 14) Cornus canadensis L. 15) Cornus canadensis L. var. dutillyi (Lepage) B. Boivin 16) Cornus canadensis L. var. intermedia Farr p.p. 17) Cornus capitata Wall. ex Roxb. 18) Cornus controversa Hemsl. ex Prain 19) Cornus drummondii C.A. Mey. 20) Cornus florida L. 21) Cornus foemina Mill. 22) Cornus foemina Mill. ssp. microcarpa (Nash) J.S. Wilson 23) Cornus foemina Mill. ssp. racemosa (Lam.) J.S. Wilson 24) Cornus glabrata Benth. 25) Cornus instolonea A. Nelson 26) Cornus interior (Rydb.) N. Petersen 27) Cornus intermedia (Farr) Calder & Roy L. Taylor 28) Cornus kousa Hance 29) Cornus macrophylla Wall. 30) Cornus mas L. 31) Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & A. Gray 32) Cornus obliqua Raf. 33) Cornus occidentalis (Torr. & A. Gray) Coville 34) Cornus officinalis Siebold & Zucc. 35) Cornus paniculata L'Hér. 36) Cornus paucinervis Hance 37) Cornus priceae Small 38) Cornus purpusii Koehne 39) Cornus racemosa Lam. 40) Cornus rugosa Lam. 41) Cornus sanguinea L. 42) Cornus sanguinea L. ssp. australis (C.A. Mey.) Jáv. 43) Cornus sanguinea L. var. viridissima Dieck 44) Cornus sericea L. 45) Cornus sericea L. ssp. occidentalis (Torr. & A. Gray) Fosberg 46) Cornus sericea L. ssp. sericea 47) Cornus sericea L. ssp. stolonifera (Michx.) Fosberg 48) Cornus sericea L. var. interior (Rydb.) H. St. John 49) Cornus sessilis Torr. ex Durand 50) Cornus stolonifera Michx. 51) Cornus stolonifera Michx. var. baileyi (J.M. Coult. & Evans) Drescher 52) Cornus stolonifera Michx. var. californica (C.A. Mey.) McMinn 53) Cornus stolonifera Michx. var. coloradensis (Koehne) C.K. Schneid. 54) Cornus stolonifera Michx. var. interior (Rydb.) H. St. John 55) Cornus stolonifera Michx. var. occidentalis (Torr. & A. Gray) C.L. Hitchc. 56) Cornus stolonifera Michx. var. stolonifera 57) Cornus stricta Lam. 58) Cornus suecica L. 59) Cornus unalaschkensis Ledeb. 60) Cornus x acadiensis Fernald 61) Cornus x arnoldiana Rehder 62) Cornus x californica C.A. Mey. 63) Cornus x friedlanderi W.H. Wagner 64) Cornus x intermedia (Farr) Calder & Roy L. Taylor 65) Cornus x slavinii Rehder

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)


Map for Cornus foemina Mill.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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1) Liliopsida (Monocotyledons) 2) Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)

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Families
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1) Acanthaceae (Acanthus family) 2) Aceraceae (Maple family) 3) Achatocarpaceae (Achatocarpus family) 4) Actinidiaceae (Chinese Gooseberry family) 5) Adoxaceae (Moschatel family) 6) Aizoaceae (Fig-marigold family) 7) Amaranthaceae (Amaranth family) 8) Anacardiaceae (Sumac family) 9) Annonaceae (Custard-apple family) 10) Apiaceae (Carrot family) 11) Apocynaceae (Dogbane family) 12) Aquifoliaceae (Holly family) 13) Araliaceae (Ginseng family) 14) Aristolochiaceae (Birthwort family) 15) Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family) 16) Asteraceae (Aster family) 17) Balanophoraceae (Balanophora family) 18) Balsaminaceae (Touch-me-not family) 19) Basellaceae (Basella family) 20) Bataceae (Saltwort family) 21) Begoniaceae (Begonia family) 22) Berberidaceae (Barberry family) 23) Betulaceae (Birch family) 24) Bignoniaceae (Trumpet-creeper family) 25) Bixaceae (Lipstick-tree family) 26) Bombacaceae (Kapok-tree family) 27) Boraginaceae (Borage family) 28) Brassicaceae (Mustard family) 29) Brunelliaceae 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Genera (Cornaceae)
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1) Aucuba (acuba) 2) Camptotheca 3) Chamaepericlymenum (dogwood) 4) Cornella (dogwood) 5) Cornus (dogwood) 6) Cynoxylon (dogwood) 7) Nyssa (tupelo) 8) Swida (dogwood)

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Common names (Cornus)
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1) (no name) 2) Acadia dogwood (Cornus x acadiensis) 3) Alternateleaf dogwood (Cornus alternifolia) 4) Asiatic dogwood (Cornus officinalis) 5) Bentham's cornel (Cornus capitata) 6) Blackfruit dogwood (Cornus sessilis) 7) Bloodtwig dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) 8) Brown dogwood (Cornus glabrata) 9) Bunchberry dogwood (Cornus canadensis) 10) Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) 11) Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) 12) Giant dogwood (Cornus controversa) 13) Gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) 14) Kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa) 15) Lapland cornel (Cornus suecica) 16) Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) 17) Redosier dogwood (Cornus sericea) 18) Roughleaf dogwood (Cornus drummondii) 19) Roundleaf dogwood (Cornus rugosa) 20) Silky dogwood (Cornus amomum) 21) Stiff dogwood (Cornus foemina) 22) Toughleaf dogwood (Cornus asperifolia) 23) Western cordilleran bunchberry (Cornus unalaschkensis) 24) Western dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis)

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More species:
1) Cornus foemina Mill. ssp. microcarpa (Nash) J.S. Wilson [138]
2) Cornus foemina Mill. ssp. racemosa (Lam.) J.S. Wilson [137]
3) Cornus intermedia (Farr) Calder & Roy L. Taylor [134]
4) Cornus macrophylla Wall. [347]
5) Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & A. Gray [403]
6) Cornus officinalis Siebold & Zucc. [311]
7) Cornus sanguinea L. [2299]
8) Cornus stolonifera Michx. [151]
9) Cornus x acadiensis Fernald [315]
10) Coronilla orientalis Mill. [96]

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