Cornus amomum Mill. var. schuetzeana (C.A. Mey.) Rickett
Cornus purpusii Koehne
Swida amomum (Mill.) Small var. schuetzeana (C.A. Mey.) A.Haines
Cornus obliqua Raf.
Narrowleaf dogwood, silky dogwood, swamp dogwood
Narrowleaf dogwood is native to eastern and central North America.
Plants: These dogwoods are multiply branched shrubs up to 12′ (3.7 m) high. Branch bark is highly variable in color: gray, brown, reddish brown, red, or yellow-brown. Young twigs have fine hairs; mature branches have vertical lenticels.
Leaves: opposite, on stems up to ½″ (1.5 cm) long. Leaves are deeply veined on the back, up to 4 ⨉ 1¼″ (10 ⨉ 3.5 cm) in size, oval with pointed tips, somewhat narrower than other dogwood leaves. They turn deep red or maroon in the fall.
Flowers: Yellowish-white, blooming in May to June.
Fruits: The berries are, well, if you ask me, awesome. First, they’re colorful: they go from green to white to light blue to deep blue. It is the light blue phase that I like best—they have a sheen that actually looks metallic.
Habitats: Moist, rich, slightly acidic soils such as swamps.
Online References:
References:
Petrides, George A., Peterson Field Guides: Trees and Shrubs, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1972, p. 77, 106
Cornus amomum Mill. ssp. obliqua (Raf.) J.S. Wilson
Cornus amomum Mill. var. schuetzeana (C.A. Mey.) Rickett
Cornus purpusii Koehne
Swida amomum (Mill.) Small var. schuetzeana (C.A. Mey.) A.Haines
Cornus amomum Mill. var. schuetzeana (C.A. Mey.) Rickett
Cornus purpusii Koehne
Swida amomum (Mill.) Small var. schuetzeana (C.A. Mey.) A.Haines
8/16/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm) 
9/25/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm) 
ID is uncertain 
9/25/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (11 × 17 cm) ID is uncertain 
9/25/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm) ID is uncertain 
9/10/2021 · Crystal Spring Farm, Blueberry Loop, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9 cm) 
8/20/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3″ (12 × 8.1 cm) 
8/27/2010 · Beaver Brook Conservation Area, Rte. 130, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 5 × 8″ (13 × 19 cm) 
7/17/2019 · Oceanview, Falmouth, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (16 × 11 cm) 
8/26/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm) 
8/20/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm) 
9/10/2021 · Crystal Spring Farm, Blueberry Loop, Brunswick, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3″ (12 × 8.4 cm) 
8/26/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 15 cm) 
8/20/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) 
7/17/2019 · Oceanview, Falmouth, Maine · ≈ 10 × 6″ (24 × 16 cm) 
8/11/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Groton Center, Groton, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 8″ (19 × 20 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Cornales | Includes dogwoods, hydrangeas, stickleafs, tupelos, even sillyberries |
| Family | Cornaceae | Dogwood family |
| Genus | Cornus | Latin for “a horn” |
| Species | obliqua | Latin for “slanting” |
Cornus obliqua description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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