Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, VA
Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, VA
Ivy Creek Natural Area, Charlottesville, VA
Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, VA
Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, VA
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Family: Cornaceae (Dogwood family)
Mid-Atlantic bloom time:
May - June
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe:
August - September
Silky Dogwood (C. amomum) is one of two dogwoods with this common name (the other is C. obliqua). It has reddish brown to grayish bark that forms fissures with age. Its young brances have a silky down with brownish hairs. Its leaves are opposite and typically have rounded rounded bases (as opposed to wedge-shaped like C. obliqua). Silky Dogwood forms flowering cymes of white flowers.
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2 June 2026
Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, VA
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2 June 2026
Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, VA
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21 June 2014
Ivy Creek Natural Area, Charlottesville, VA
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2 June 2026
Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, VA
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2 June 2026
Huntley Meadows Park, Alexandria, VA
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References
1: The Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora states:
Flora of the Southeastern U.S. (Weakley et al. 2023) splits traditional Cornus into several genera (Chamaepericlymenum, Benthamidia, and Swida in our area) representing major clades in phylogenetic analysis. Even though Cornus treated broadly is monophyletic, the clades are also monophyletic and diverged millions of years ago, accorrding to Yu et al. (2017, PLOS One DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0171361) and Fu et al. (2019, Molec. Phylogen. & Evol. 140: 106601). As evolutionary lineages, these clades are far older than many groups treated by taxonomists as genera and clearly merit generic status.