Cornus foemina

ClassificationDicots
FamilyCornaceae
Family (Traditional)Cornaceae
GenusCornus
Species:Cornus foemina Mill.
Common NameStiff Dogwood
Growth Habittree
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: tree; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Green; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Drupe; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 4; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Apical; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 4; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 4; Tepal Fusion: No; Tepal Number: 0
C value 5
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Adair (KY), Ballard (KY), Breathitt (KY), Butler (KY), Caldwell (KY), Calloway (KY), Christian (KY), Clinton (KY), Daviess (KY), Graves (KY), Henderson (KY), Hickman (KY), Hopkins (KY), Jackson (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Knox (KY), Laurel (KY), Logan (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), McLean (KY), Marion (KY), Marshall (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Nelson (KY), Ohio (KY), Powell (KY), Todd (KY), Benton (TN), Bradley (TN), Carroll (TN), Chester (TN), Coffee (TN), Crockett (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dyer (TN), Fayette (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hardin (TN), Haywood (TN), Henderson (TN), Henry (TN), Jackson (TN), Jefferson (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Lewis (TN), Lincoln (TN), McNairy (TN), Madison (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Perry (TN), Polk (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Shelby (TN), Sumner (TN), Tipton (TN), Warren (TN), Weakley (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1964 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100385226 Henderson Kentucky 09 Oct 1980 Richard H. Hannan
6015
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385309 Jefferson Kentucky 11 May 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6362
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385465 Ohio Kentucky 24 Jul 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4695
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385127 Calloway Kentucky 28 May 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
1492
EKY
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164593 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164620 Weakley Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164547 Dyer Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164560 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164571 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164610 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164536 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164524 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164543 Crockett Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164535 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164549 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
31234100385267 Hickman Kentucky 21 Jun 1998 Timothy J. Weckman
4023
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385168 Clinton Kentucky 15 Jun 1995 Gary W. Libby
973
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385499 Ohio Kentucky 18 Jul 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4610
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385424 Muhlenberg Kentucky 07 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4983
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385408 McCracken Kentucky 06 Oct 1996 Ronald L. Jones
8077
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385523 Powell Kentucky 09 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6949
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385192 Graves Kentucky 09 Jul 1973 Elizabeth M. Browne
73E8.5
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385176 Daviess Kentucky 04 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5374
EKY
Cornus foemina
BEREA012380 Laurel Kentucky
BEREA
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164582 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0165046 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164555 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164522 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164529 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164575 Henry Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
31234100385242 Hickman Kentucky 27 Jun 1995 Randy Mowrer
9
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385275 Hopkins Kentucky 12 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5044
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385101 Butler Kentucky 11 Jun 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4040
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385507 Ohio Kentucky 25 Jul 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4718
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385440 Muhlenberg Kentucky 05 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4886
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385077 Adair Kentucky 08 Jun 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
10395
EKY
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164615 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164532 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164533 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164585 Madison Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164558 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164619 Weakley Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164556 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164583 Lincoln Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164521 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
31234100385366 Logan Kentucky 10 Jun 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4019
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385143 Calloway Kentucky 28 May 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
1492
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385259 Hickman Kentucky 21 May 1985 Raymond Athey
5094
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385614 Weakley Tennessee 29 Sep 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
2094
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385093 Breathitt Kentucky 24 Jul 1995 Hager Rice
63
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385119 Caldwell Kentucky 30 May 1969 Elizabeth M. Browne
69E16.4
EKY
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164552 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164542 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164584 Madison Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164596 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164551 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164623 White Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164621 Weakley Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164622 Weakley Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164570 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
31234100385325 Jessamine Kentucky 25 Sep 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne, Jr.
9485
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385390 McLean Kentucky 29 Jul 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4792
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385234 Hickman Kentucky 28 Jun 1973 Elizabeth M. Browne
73D8.6
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385218 Henderson Kentucky 29 Apr 1980 Richard H. Hannan
3525
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385374 Marion Kentucky 12 Oct 1998 Timothy J. Weckman
4465
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385200 Graves Kentucky 26 May 1976 Elizabeth M. Browne
76B2.3
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385622 White Tennessee 07 Jun 1987 Ronald L. Jones
4872
EKY
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164606 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164527 Chester Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164534 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164544 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164605 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164548 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164616 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164538 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
31234100385184 Daviess Kentucky 04 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5375
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385473 Ohio Kentucky 05 Jun 1996 Ross C. Clark
23371
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385549 Todd Kentucky 29 Sep 1995 Timothy J. Weckman
2073
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385341 Knox Kentucky 18 May 1979 R. Hannnan and L. R. Phillippe
1823
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385135 Calloway Kentucky 22 Sep 1982 Michael Woods
1135
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385291 Jackson Kentucky 01 May 1993 Joe Abner
93-93
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385317 Jefferson Kentucky 12 May 1981 Richard H. Hannan
6385
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385358 Logan Kentucky 10 Jun 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4020
EKY
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164559 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164594 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164526 Chester Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164537 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164618 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164572 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164569 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
31234100385481 Ohio Kentucky 23 Jul 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4685
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385606 Cumberland Tennessee 11 Jun 1987 Ronald L. Jones
4921
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385382 Marshall Kentucky 25 May 1997 Timothy J. Weckman
3491
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385457 Nelson Kentucky 17 Jun 1981 Richard H. Hannan
7163
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385150 Christian Kentucky 05 Jun 1980 Richard H. Hannan
3947
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385085 Ballard Kentucky 29 May 1969 Elizabeth M. Browne
69E4.1
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385283 Hopkins Kentucky 14 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5113
EKY
Cornus foemina
N/A Jessamine Kentucky 25 Sep 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
9485
EKY
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164541 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164557 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0165045 Jackson Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164525 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164546 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
UCHT021906 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Cornus foemina
UCHT021901 White Tennessee
UCHT
Cornus foemina
31234100385416 McCreary Kentucky 18 Aug 1972 Elizabeth M. Browne
72H4.16
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385069 Adair Kentucky 08 Jun 2006 Timothy J. Weckman
10394
EKY
Cornus foemina
31234100385432 Muhlenberg Kentucky 21 Nov 1978 Richard H. Hannan
01-00985
EKY
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164612 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164581 Johnson Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164613 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164586 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164607 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164574 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164626 White Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164553 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164573 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
UOS02271 Coffee Tennessee 24 May 2001 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Cornus foemina
UOS02273 Coffee Tennessee 05 Aug 1996 Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.
UOS
Cornus foemina
UOS02274 Coffee Tennessee 20 Sep 2000 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164531 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164554 Gibson Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164625 White Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164624 White Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164528 Chester Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
HTTU014287 White Tennessee
HTTU
Cornus foemina
HTTU032776 White Tennessee
HTTU
Cornus foemina
BRIT112261 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112243 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
MEM016759 McNairy Tennessee 07 Jun 1981 Vernon Bates
2441
MEM
Cornus foemina
MEM013061 Shelby Tennessee 15 May 1972 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
72D12.1
MEM
Cornus foemina
MEM010916 Tipton Tennessee 14 Sep 1969 Sarah J. Warrington
511.7
MEM
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164540 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164539 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164611 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
UOS02272 Coffee Tennessee 12 Jul 1996 Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.
UOS
Cornus foemina
BRIT112237 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112256 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112236 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
MEM009383 Shelby Tennessee 29 May 1971 John E. Thompson Jr.
199
MEM
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164595 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164617 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164604 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164614 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164523 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164580 Jefferson Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164545 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
UCHT021900 White Tennessee
UCHT
Cornus foemina
UCHT021899 White Tennessee
UCHT
Cornus foemina
BRIT112262 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112248 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112260 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112263 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112255 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112241 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0165038 Daviess Kentucky
TENN
Cornus foemina
UCHT021902 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Cornus foemina
BRIT112249 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112234 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112246 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112235 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112240 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112259 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112239 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112238 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112245 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112250 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112265 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164568 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164567 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164627 White Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
UCHT021898 White Tennessee
UCHT
Cornus foemina
APSC0087343 Jefferson Kentucky 03 Sep 1971 Harry Woodward
APSC
Cornus foemina
MTSU024214 Marshall Tennessee 28 Sep 2015 Marlene Mueller
14
MTSU
Cornus foemina
BRIT112264 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112257 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0245388 Lewis Tennessee 14 May 2019 Roger McCoy
s.n.
TENN
Cornus foemina
BRIT112233 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112252 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112244 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112253 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
MEM015199 Gibson Tennessee 06 Jul 1979 Vernon Bates
1614
MEM
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164628 White Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164550 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164608 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164530 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0164609 Sequatchie Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
TENN-V-0243853 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cornus foemina
UOS02270 Coffee Tennessee 20 Sep 2000 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Cornus foemina
BRIT112254 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112258 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112251 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112242 Tennessee
VDB
Cornus foemina
BRIT112247 Tennessee
VDB
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