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Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)

The Flowering Dogwood is a species of dogwood native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southern Ontario and eastern Kansas, and south to northern Florida and eastern Texas and also in Illinois, with a disjunct population in eastern Mexico in Nuevo Leon and Veracruz. A single inflorescence, showing the large, white petal-like bracts and the tight cluster of small greenish-yellow flowers.

Flowering dogwood is a small deciduous tree growing to 10 m (30 ft) high, often wider than it is tall when mature, with a trunk diameter of up to 30 cm (1 ft). A 10-year-old tree will stand about 5 m (15 ft) tall. The leaves are opposite, simple, oval with acute tips, 6-13 cm long and 4-6 cm broad, with an apparently entire margin (actually very finely toothed, under a lens); they turn a rich red-brown in fall. The flowers are individually small and inconspicuous, with four greenish-yellow petals 4 mm long. Around 20 flowers are produced in a dense, rounded, umbel-shaped inflorescence, or flower-head, 1-2 cm in diameter. The flower-head is surrounded by four conspicuous large white, pink or red "petals" (actually bracts), each bract 3 cm long and 2.5 cm broad, rounded, and often with a distinct notch at the apex. The flowers are bisexual.

They typically flower in early April in the southern part of their range, to late April or early May in northern and high altitude areas. The fruit is a cluster of two to ten drupes, each 10-15 mm long and about 8 mm wide, which ripen in the late summer and the early fall to a bright red, or occasionally yellow with a rosy blush. They are an important food source for dozens of species of birds, which then distribute the seeds.

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*Tazzy- May 9, 2009  Professional Photographer
:clap: Very nice lighting on the flowers!
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Mood: Joy *AmongTheFirst May 7, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
I love how they filter the sunlight. Absolutely beautiful
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*LDFranklin May 5, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
Beautiful shot!!! I see these quite frequently this time of year!
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~Cristian-M May 6, 2009
That's because we both live in North Carolina... :)
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~nuthatch09 May 5, 2009  Hobbyist Photographer
I love the way this is lit, very well done!
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Mood: Wow! ~TheEntertainer26 May 5, 2009
The petals are almost luminescent in the fantastic lighting you have captured...it's interesting that you took this from the back of the flower, more interesting than the front because it looks like they are looking out into the background we can see, just like us, I suppose...sublime amazingness and thought provoking - I am so impressed I don't make sense any more!
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