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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida alternifolia   FAMILY Cornaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus alternifolia   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cornus alternifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12 (2016)

Cornus alternifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)

Swida alternifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Cornus alternifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 142-01-002:

Cornus alternifolia   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Svida alternifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel


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image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_821

        

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_coal2_001_lvd

        

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm100314_113

March    Decatur County    GA

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm120424_661

April    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

Bark dark reddish-brown, smooth at first, becoming furrowed, slightly scaly, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm150423_626

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm160421_319

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

A small tree with distinctive horizontal branching, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm160421_362

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm200418_3955

April    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140428_120725

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

Sam Pratt    sbp_20140428_120748

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Flowers ~ 1/4" wide, in flat-topped showy clusters at end of leafy twigs, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm060508_044

May    Macon County    NC

Nantahala National Forest: Wayah Ranger District

Leaves alternate, clustered at ends of twigs, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_cornus_alternifolia

May        

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm090706_013

July    Mitchell County    NC

Hedgerow

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm090706_019

July    Mitchell County    NC

Hedgerow

Fruit a small blue-black drupe borne in red-stemmed terminal clusters, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm090706_021

July    Mitchell County    NC

Hedgerow

Leaf venation is arcuate, with main veins curving to follow blade margin, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm090706_034

July    Mitchell County    NC

Hedgerow

Leaves are pale beneath and have long petioles, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

JK Marlow    jkm180728_3567

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Petioles to 2.5" long [alternate arrangement easier to see from underneath], per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide (Kirkman, Brown, & Leopold, 2007).

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_alternifolia_3

July    Towns-Union Counties    GA

Brasstown Bald

image of Swida alternifolia, Alternate-leaf Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood, Pagoda Cornel

JK Marlow    s050927_a

September    Greenville County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Swida alternifolia   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus alternifolia   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cornus alternifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 12
Cornus alternifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Swida alternifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Cornus alternifolia

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 142-01-002:
Cornus alternifolia   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Svida alternifolia

 

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382

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic to dry-mesic forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains, rare elsewhere

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
4-merous
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blue
Drupe

 

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