Description

Cornus sericea, Redosier Dogwood 12-18″ Wholesale Native Bare Root Shrubs

12-18″ Tree seedlings a minimum order of 5 (Five) bare root shrub seedlings or more of a single species.

Attractive Bark:
Attractive Fall Color:
Attractive Flowers:
Average to moist soil:
Beneficial Insects:
Butterflies:
Edible Fruit:
Erosion Control:
FAC – Occur in wetlands and non-wetlands:
Flood Tolerant:
Four Season Interest:
Game Birds:
High Wildlife Value:
Native to Coastal Regions:
Native To Mountain Regions:
Native to Piedmont Regions:
Native bare root Shrub:
Small Mammals:
Songbirds:
Waterfowl:
Wet soil (Tidal):

Botanic Native Name: Cornus sericea
Common Native Name: Red osier dogwood, Red Osier dogwood, red twig dogwood, redstem dogwood
Exposure: Full Sun Part Sun Part Shade Full Shade
moisture:

• Dry
• Average
• Moist
• Wet

Type: Bare Root Shrub

• Clay
• Loamy
• Sandy
• Organic

Mature height / spread: 6-12′
Flower: white, June-August
Fruit: White
Fall Color: red
Soil Ph: 6.1-7.5
Ethnobotanic:
Native Americans smoke the inner bark of redosier dogwood in tobacco mixtures used in the sacred pipe ceremony. Dreamcatchers, originating with the Potawotami, are made with the stems of the sacred redosier dogwood. Some tribes ate the white, sour berries, while others used the branches for arrow-making, stakes, or other tools. The fleshy fruits of dogwoods are very valuable to wildlife, particularly in the Northeast (Martin et al. 1951). The fruit ripens in late summer, and besides being available through the fall, some of the berries may persist on the plants into the winter months. Wildlife browse the twigs, foliage, and fruits. Birds known to eat the fruit include: wood ducks, eastern bluebirds, cardinals, catbirds, long-tailed chats, crows, purple finches, yellow-shafted flickers, crested flycatchers, grosbeaks, kingbirds, American magpies, mockingbirds, crested mynah birds, orioles, robins, yellow-bellied sapsuckers, European starlings, tree swallows, scarlet tanagers, brown thrashers, thrushes, vireos, pine warblers, cedar waxwings, and woodpeckers. Game birds who eat both the fruits and buds include grouse, ring-necked pheasants, band-tailed pigeons, greater prairie chickens, bobwhite quail, and wild turkeys. The shrubs provide excellent nesting habitat for songbirds. Mammals that eat the fruit and foliage include black bear, beaver, mountain beaver, cottontail rabbits, raccoons, eastern skunks, squirrels, chipmunks, mice, and rats. Deer, elk, Mountain goat, and moose browse the twigs and foliage.

Cornus sericea, Redosier Dogwood 12-18″ Wholesale Native Bare Root Shrubs

12-18″ Tree seedlings a minimum order of 5 (Five) bare root shrub seedlings or more of a single species.

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Native bare root shrubs and trees are dug and shipped while dormant, late November to Mid April.

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