. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. -^-^ DOGWOOD {Cornus florida L.) •THE dogwood, sometimes referred to in books as flowering dogwood, is found growing throughout the State, usually under the larger forest trees. It is a small tree, usually 15 to 30 feet high and 6 to 12 inches in diameter, occasionally larger, with a rather flat and spreading crown and short, often crooked trunk. The bark is reddish brown to black and broken up into small 4-sided scaly blocks. The leaves are op- posite, ovate, 3 to 5 inches long, 2 to 3 inches wide, pointed,
. Common forest trees of Georgia: how to know them. A pocket manual. Trees -- Georgia. -^-^ DOGWOOD {Cornus florida L.) •THE dogwood, sometimes referred to in books as flowering dogwood, is found growing throughout the State, usually under the larger forest trees. It is a small tree, usually 15 to 30 feet high and 6 to 12 inches in diameter, occasionally larger, with a rather flat and spreading crown and short, often crooked trunk. The bark is reddish brown to black and broken up into small 4-sided scaly blocks. The leaves are op- posite, ovate, 3 to 5 inches long, 2 to 3 inches wide, pointed, entire or wavy on the margin, bright green above, pale green or grayish beneath. The flowers, which unfold from the con- spicuous, round, grayish, winter flow- er buds before the leaves come out, are small, greenish yellow, arranged in dense heads s u r- rounded b y large white or rarely pink- ish petal-like bracts, which give th'e ap- pearance of large spreading flowers 2 to 4 inches across. The fruit is a bright scarlet "berry," one-half an inch long and containing a hard nutlet in which are 1 or 2 seeds. Usually several fruits, or "berries," are contained in one head. They are relished by birds, squirrels and other animals. The wood is hard, heavy, strong, very close- grained, brown to red in color. It is in great de- mand for cotton-mill machinery, turnery handles and forms. One other tree has quite similar wood —the persimmon. The dogwood, with its masses of early spring flow- ers, its dark-red autumn foliage and its bright-red berries, is probably our most ornamental native tree. It should be used much more extensively in road- side and ornamental planting. 73. DOGWOOD Leaf, one-half natural size. Twig, two-thirds natural Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original M
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