Silky Dogwood
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Small to medium sized shrub growing from 1 to
3 meters high. Forms dense clones.
BUDS: Opposite; sessile; vavalte scales. TWIGS: Fuzzy at ends, unlike gray dogwoods; dull red/purple silky-hairy twigs with a brown pith. BARK: Reddish to gray; with conspicuous corky fissures. HABITAT: Wetland areas; marshes, swamps, lakeshores, along streams. |