Cornus alba

Also known as Siberian dogwood, white dogwood, red-barked dogwood, Swida alba, Conus alba

species of plant

OverviewAI-generated

Cornus alba, commonly known as westonbirt dogwood, is a species within the family Cornaceae. It belongs to the order Cornales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The taxon author citation for this species is "L."

Records for Cornus alba have been documented in the United States, Mexico, Canada, China, and Portugal. The species has also been introduced to the Baltic States, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Illinois, Ireland, Norway, Poland, and Sweden. Various institutions, including USU, the University of Alberta Museums, MADUG-UG, DBG, and QUE, hold records of this plant.

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Species

SPECIES

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCornales
FamilyCornaceae

Native toAltay, Amur, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China Southeast, Chita, East European Russia, Hainan, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk

Observations recorded15,336

Common Name: westonbirt dogwood

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 498
With media: 284
Family: Cornaceae
Collections: USU, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, MADUG-UG, DBG, QUE, MOR
Recorded in: United States, Mexico, Canada, China, Portugal

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Encyclopedic overview

Cornus alba, the red-barked, white or Siberian dogwood, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to Siberia, northern China and Korea. It is a large deciduous surculose (suckering) shrub that can be grown as a small tree. As a popular ornamental used in landscaping its notable features include the red stems in fall (autumn) through late winter, bright winter bark; and the variegated foliage in some cultivars, such as C. alba 'Elegantissima'. C. alba can grow to 3 m (10 ft) high, but variegated forms are less vigorous. For the brightest winter bark, young shoots are encouraged by cutting to the ground some older stems at the end of the winter, before leaves are open. The oval fruits are white, sometimes tinted blue.

The plant is extremely hardy, to USDA Zone 3 - −40 °C (−40 °F).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cornus alba” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.