CORNACEAE - - Dogwood Family

Cornus stricta Lamarck — Southern Swamp Dogwood

Southern Swamp Dogwood (Cornus stricta) - Also known by the synonym "foemina," or "femina" in older works, is a shrub to 5 m. tall, twigs reddish-brown with a white pith; leaves elliptic or ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 4-15 cm. long, with 3-4 veins per leaf side, lower leaf surface glabrous to appressed-pubescent; flowers in corymb-like cymes, petals 4, white; fruit a drupe, sub-globose, white to pale-blue.

Habitat:

Swamps, streambanks, marshes, alluvial forests.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

The range of Cornus stricta (Southern Swamp Dogwood)

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].

The Georgia range of Cornus stricta (Southern Swamp Dogwood)

Zomlefer, W.B., J.R. Carter, & D.E. Giannasi. 2014 (and ongoing). The Atlas of Georgia Plants. University of Georgia Herbarium (Athens, Georgia) and Valdosta State University Herbarium (Valdosta, Georgia). Available at: http://www.georgiaherbaria.org/.