Cornus sericea - Red osier dogwood

Red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea) is a suckering deciduous shrub native to North America, its bitter fruit edible and its young shoots used for basketry and cordage.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 2¹
• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹
• Wet soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹
• Fibre¹

Type

• Cornus spp. - Dogwood
• Shrub
• Deciduous

Functions

• Flammable²

Footnotes

1. Cornus sericea | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³ ↩¹⁴ ↩¹⁵

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 7 seconds ↩