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Characteristics
 Family-
Cornaceae--The Dogwood Family
- Origin
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Native NC
- Plant Description
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Deciduous small tree to large shrub, growing to 25 feet in height, with multiple trunks. Leaves opposite, elliptical, no teeth on margins; flowers April to May, creamy white, small, in flat topped clusters; fruits July to August, small bluish to purple drupes.
- Ornamental Characteristics
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Profuse white flowers in late spring, attractive form.
- Landscape Use
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Very attractive as a small flowering tree, tolerant of poorly drained soils.
- Horticultural Cultivars
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None.
- Availability/Propagation
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Not available in nurseries, transplant from the wild (with permission), propagate from seed.
- Culture
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Plant in moist soils in full sun to partial shade.
- Coastal Ecology
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Swamp dogwood is found commonly in wetland habitats on the barrier islands, and at the edges of marshes and creeks. It is found growing along ditches on the second road back from the ocean at Emerald Isle, thus exhibiting moderate salt tolerance.
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