| Cornus sericea | |
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| Red osier dogwood bearing fruit | |
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. sericea
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| Binomial name | |
| Cornus sericea | |
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| Natural range of subsp. sericea | |
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| Natural range of subsp. occidentalis | |
| Synonyms | |
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C. stolonifera, Swida sericea | |
Cornus sericea, the red osier or red-osier dogwood,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae, native to much of North America. It has sometimes been considered a synonym of the Asian species Cornus alba. Other names include red brush, red willow,[3][4][5] redstem dogwood,[3][5] redtwig dogwood, red-rood, American dogwood,[3] creek dogwood, and western dogwood.[3]
- ^ "Cornus sericea". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ a b c d USDA NRCS Plant Guide: REDOSIER DOGWOOD. May, 2006
- ^ Hilger, Inez (1951, repr. 1992) Chippewa Child Life and Its Cultural Background, page 63
- ^ a b Hart, Jeff, and Jacqueline Moore (1992). Montana—native plants and early peoples, pages 38–39. Montana Historical Society. ISBN 0-917298-29-2