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Shrub
Perennial

Native to North Carolina

Documented growing wild in - NC -

Rare in NC

Look for it in wet to moist forests and thickets, per Weakley's Flora

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...Wet ...Moist

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish
Bisexual
4-merous
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Gray then White
Drupe

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Landscaping with Native Trees p090
• Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p106
• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p102
• Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p166
• Trees of the Southeastern United States p093
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p112

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Cornales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/26/20):
Swida racemosa   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cornus racemosa   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH New England Wildflower Society’s Flora Novae Angliae (Haines, 2011)
Swida racemosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Cornus foemina ssp. racemosa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 142-01-004:
Cornus racemosa   FAMILY Cornaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Svida femina