CautionNot food
Flowering dogwood
Cornus florida
Four white bracts in April, blocky bark, red berries for birds — not for you.
- Marks
- Curved veins; blocky bark; four bracts
- Size
- 15–30 ft
- Habitat
- Woods edges and understory.
- Season
- Bracts April; fruit September.
- Frequency
- common
Small understory tree. What look like white petals are bracts around a tight cluster of true flowers. Fruit is a shiny red drupe.