Cornus sericea L., 1771 31% complete

Red-osier dogwood

Mant. Pl. 2: 199 (1771)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Cornus sericea, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced11 Source not recorded9 Not on the record11 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
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Bibliography Mant. Pl. 2: 199 (1771) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
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Year 1771 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Red-osier dogwood No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations N. America No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 72 cm
  • 72 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 77 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 55, 68, 92, 178, 184, 251, 292, 500, 873, 909
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Foliage color empty Not on the record
Foliage texture medium Sourced
Fruit color empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Tree, Shrub
  • Tree, Shrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Growth rate empty Not on the record
Maximum height 350 cm
  • 350 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 55, 68, 92, 178, 184, 251, 292, 500, 873, 909
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 71, 92, 178, 918, 925
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous)
  • 7 / 12 · wet, flooded a few weeks a year (hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light empty
  • 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178
Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic)
  • 6 / 9 · rather rich (meso-eutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 32 cm Sourced
Other
Human usage type —
  • medical, nursery_stock, ornamental, other · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 68, 92
Not on the record
Salt tolerance — Not on the record
Shade tolerance — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record