The common dogwood, whose scientific name is cornus sanguinea, is a species of dogwood native to much of Europe and western Asia.
Also called bloody dogwood, it is a deciduous shrub with greenish-brown branches and twigs, and a medium to large tree, usually 2 to 6 meters tall.
The leaves are opposite, ovate to elliptic, with the whole margin. They are green above and somewhat paler and rougher below.
This tree often grows along with other thorny shrub species, often at the edge of a forest or thorny woodland.
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