Cornus sessilis

Cornus sessilis is a species of dogwood known by the common names blackfruit cornel, blackfruit dogwood, and miner's dogwood. This is a shrub or small tree which is endemic to northern California, where it grows along streambanks in the Cascades, Sierra Nevada, and the coastal mountain ranges. It is a tree of the redwood understory in its native range. This dogwood may approach five meters in height at maximum. It is deciduous, bearing deeply veined oval green leaves in season which turn red before falling. Its inflorescence is a cluster of tiny greenish-yellow flowers surrounded by thick, pointed bracts. The fruit is a round drupe about a centimeter wide which is white when new and gradually turns shiny black. The fruit attracts many birds.

Cornus sessilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Cornaceae
Genus: Cornus
Subgenus: Cornus subg. Cornus
Species:
C. sessilis
Binomial name
Cornus sessilis
Torr. ex Durand (1855)
Natural range of Cornus sessilis

References

    • Cornus sessilis in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
    • "Cornus sessilis". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.
    • "Cornus sessilis". Plants for a Future.
    • USDA Plants Profile
    • Jepson Manual Treatment


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