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Sun, Aug 19, 12 at 11:36
| Small tree/shrub...bay-type habits similar to azaleas...younger branches are mahogany in colour. Small purple berries...I think the birds like them.
Found in Western NC mtns (forested area). Any ideas? I've posted a pic of leaves/berries here; whole tree below.
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| Picture of tree and the bay of younger trees around it. |
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| Rhamnus (buckthorn)? hortster |
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| Sort of similar but berries are smaller and are growing in bracts and the leaves, though similar in shape and texture, seem to be finer (narrower) on this tree/shrub. This tree/shrub is about 4.5-5ft tall and has about 3-5 smaller trees around it in a bay. Thanks for your input! You might be right...usually when I doubt an answer I'm wrong! |
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| Aha! Think I have it....Cornus stricta! Am I correct? |
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| The leaves have dogwood veination..... |
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| Thanks for your input bejoy! I was confused because I found Cornus florida, Cornus alternifolia and what I think is Cornus stricta all growing w/in a few feet of each other...and they were not ("humanly") planted...they put themselves there or maybe some bird did :)! Didn't know they all liked the same conditions! |
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| I definitely think it is a type of Cornus. Several of the species look similar in leaf form and berries so I would only be guessing at this point. Only C. alternifolia has alternate leaves, so this one likely has opposite ones? |
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| According to BONAP, Cornus florida, C. drummondii, C. amomum and C. alternifolia are all commonly found in your area. C. stricta is a synonym for C. foemina, which is more common in central NC, but might occasionally grow to the west. Your photo of berries suggests they are turning white? Our C. drummondii berries are dark blue initially, and eventually turn a dusty white in the fall. C. foemina also had a subspecies in our area with white berries, but those plants should have gray branchlets. The branchlets in your photo seem to be the reddish-brown color more typical of C. drummondii. In any case, your mystery shrub is likely one of the five listed above. |
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