The scientific name of flowering dogwood is cornus florida, a species of flowering tree in the dogwood family native to eastern North America and northern Mexico.
It is a small deciduous tree with a height of 10 meters and a trunk diameter of up to 30 cm.
In the past, endemic populations spread from the southern coast of Maine south to northern Florida and west to the Mississippi River.
Because of the striking shape of its trunk and the interesting structure of its bark, this tree is commonly grown as an ornamental plant in residential and public areas
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