Red Osier Dogwood
Red Osier Dogwood
Red Osier Dogwood
Red Osier Dogwood
Red Osier Dogwood
Red Osier Dogwood

Red Osier Dogwood

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Cornus sericea

Red-osier dogwood is a common shrub throughout Michigan. It is especially abundant in wet meadows, marshes, and swamps, but it does well if planted in an upland habitat. The stems are green in the summer and red in the winter.

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Growth Rate Fast
Mature Size 5-7 ft tall
Soil Wet loam, sand muck or sedge peat
Light Full sun to shade
Leaves Opposite, simple leaves 2-4 inches long; dark green above and hairy, lighter colored below
Flower & Fruit White to cream colored flowers bloom from June to August; White berries attractive and smooth berries
Benefits Often planted as an ornamental used as field windbreaks, riparian plantings and highway beautification. Provides dense cover and feed for a large number of wildlife species. The fleshy fruits, twigs and foliage are very valuable to wildlife such as robins, cedar waxwings, rabbits and deer. Popular among Native Americans with stems used to create dreamcatchers, bow and arrows, peeled twigs as toothbrushes and inner bark for tanning or drying animal hides; infusion of bark used for anti-diarrheal, poison ivy and an antidote for weak kidneys. With many other uses among a vast range of tribes.