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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Cornus stolonifera
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    CORNALES
 FAMILY:   CORNACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Cornus stolonifera
 AUTHORITY:  Michx.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    RED OSIER DOGWOOD
    RED-TWIG DOGWOOD
 
 SYNONOMY:   None
 
 PLANTS CODE: COST4
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       THICKETS
     WETLAND
       MARSH
       SWAMP
         SHRUB
       BOG
         TALL SHRUB
       FEN
         TALL SHRUB
       BORDER OF LAKE
       LISTED
         DOMINANT
     PRIMARY
       LAKE SHORE
         FOREDUNE
     CULTURAL
       AGRICULTURAL FIELD
         FIELD DIVISION
       DEVELOPED LAND
       RESTORATION
         FOREST
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ADAMS           BOONE           CALHOUN         CARROLL         CASS
   CHAMPAIGN       COLES           COOK            DEKALB          DUPAGE
   HENDERSON       HENRY           JACKSON         JERSEY          JO DAVIESS
   KANE            KANKAKEE        KENDALL         LAKE            LASALLE
   LAWRENCE        MCHENRY         MARION          MARSHALL        MASON
   OGLE            PEORIA          PIATT           PIKE            PUTNAM
   ST. CLAIR       SALINE          SANGAMON        STEPHENSON      TAZEWELL
   UNION           VERMILION       WAYNE           WILL            WINNEBAGO
   WOODFORD
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary   Adventitious   (stolons)
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:     Opposite
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:     Lanceolate   Ovate
    INFLORESCENCE:   Dischasium
    FLOWER MEROUS:  4
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   White
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   DRUPE
 
 DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTIC COMMENTS:
     Species has pale leaves with somewhat hairy lower surface; dark red
     twigs with white pith; drupes are white or grayish; often forming
     thickets.
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Shrub
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual   Vegetative
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      6         MONTH END-      7
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Species is distributed along roadsides; clearings; swampy ground; riverbanks;
     and ground in Wisconsin.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:   No data entered
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONS COMMENTS:
     Species is calcareous.
 
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   BIRD   -internal
 
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     EDIBLE:  Yes-qualified
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
 
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:
         DEER VALUE:   -   Leaves   Stems   Buds
         UPLAND GAME VALUE:   -   Fruit   Buds
         WATERFOWL VALUE:   -   Fruit
         SMALL NON-GAME BIRD VALUE:   -   Fruit
         SMALL MAMMAL VALUE:   -   Fruit
         AQUATIC MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         FISH VALUE:  Unknown
     COVER VALUE:  No data entered
 
     WILDLIFE COMMENTS:
         This pertains to terrestrial furbearers who eat food, such as fruit,
         twigs, foliage.
         Regarding waterfowl food value, this pertains especially to wood ducks.
 
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:
     CATTLE FORAGE: No data    SHEEP FORAGE:  No data    HORSE FORAGE:  No data
     GOAT FORAGE:   No data    ENERGY VALUE:  Medium     PROTEIN VALUE: Low
     POISONOUS (LIVESTOCK):   No
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:
     WEEDINESS:   Non-weedy
     SEED AVAILABILITY:   Good
 
     SEED BANK:   High
 
     MANAGEMENT-BENEFICIAL:   Other
 
 
 PROCUREMENT COMMENTS:
     Seed company numbers: 2,4,7,14,16,19,20,23,27,28,29,30,31.
 
 PROPAGATION COMMENTS:
         Form - balled & burlapped.
 
 MANAGEMENT COMMENTS:
     Remove overstory.
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Anon.  1981.  Illinois plants for habitat restoration.  Illinois Department of
     Conservation, Mining Program.  Springfield, Illinois.  61 pp.
White, J., and M. H. Madany.  1978.  Classification of natural communities in
     Illinois.  Pages 309-405 in J. White, ed., Illinois natural areas
     inventory technical report.  Vol. 1.  Survey methods and results.
     Illinois Natural Areas Inventory, Urbana.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1980.  Forest trees of Illinois.  Third ed.  Illinois
     Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry, Springfield.  331 pp.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
Gill, J. D. and W. M. Healy.  1974.  Shrubs and vines for northeastern
     wildlife.  USDA Forest Service General Technical Report NE-9.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Cornus stolonifera
 
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 ILPIN was developed by Louis Iverson*, with data compiled by David Ketzner and Jeanne Karnes
 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015