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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Cornaceae |
| Genus: | Cornus |
| Subgenus: | Cornus subg. Kraniopsis |
| Species: | C. amomum
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| Binomial name | |
| Cornus amomum | |
Cornus amomum, the silky dogwood, is a species of dogwood native to the southern Ontario and eastern United States, from Michigan and Vermont south to Alabama and Florida.[2] Other names include red willow, silky cornel, kinnikinnick, and squawbush.[3]
- ^ Stritch, L. (2021) [amended version of 2018 assessment]. "Cornus amomum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T130047059A208666439. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T130047059A208666439.en. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ "Cornus amomum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ Nowick, Elaine (2014). Historical common names of Great Plains plants, with scientific names index. ISBN 9781609620585.