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Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida

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Description:

The Flowering Dogwood grows to be 40ft or 12m high. The leaves on the Flowering Dogwood grow between 2 ½ inches and 5 inches or in between 6.5 cm and 12.5 cm. In the spring the flowering dogwood will have white petals and in the center there is tiny yellow green flowers. Those flowers are clustered with each one true petal. The life cycle of the plant or tree is normal. First, the tree is a seed, then the tree sprouts or roots. Finally the tree becomes a tiny tree and grows. When fall comes the tree becomes a snag.

Habitat:

You can find the tree all over the MA. The range is Mid-Atlantic, Florida, Eastern Canada, Southeast, New England, Texas, Great lakes, and Plains. The Flowering Dogwood is native to MA.

Notes:

One adaptation the tree has is that it can live in any type of soil not just one type of soil. Another adaptation the Dogwood has is that if the tree gets burnt the roots are still able to grow a new tree.

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