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Index of Subjects --001a114e52022cacc40535500f45 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cornus alternifolia can get to 20 or even 30feet. They are understory and edge shrubs of hardwood forest. Called pagoda dogwood. They have successive layers of branches. It could be Cornus sericea (red osier) but this is a more compact shrub and as someone mentioned, it would have opposite leaves. These are the most common native dogwoods On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 7:07 PM, NancyDowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > This was approx 200' from an older home. How big can C alterniflora get? > On 2016-06-14, at 6:47 PM, "Dave&Jane Schlosberg" < > dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > > If the leaves were opposite, my guess would be a viburnum, perhaps > recognitum, lentago, or cassinoides--arrowwood, nannyberry, or wild raisin. > It's not clear to me, from the photo, if the leaves really are opposite. > Did you happen to notice? Also, was it the site of an old house foundation? > > Jane > > > > -----Original Message----- From: NancyDowd > > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:44 PM > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Subject: [NatureNS] flowering shrub? > > > > Today in Lakeview, nr E Dalhousie, Kings Co, I noticed this shrub in > flower: > > https://500px.com/photo/158644957/flowering-shrub-by-nancy > > > > It is about 6-8' tall and seems to have very dark branches. Here is a > closer look at the leaves and flowers, poor as it is: > > > https://500px.com/photo/158645865/closer-look-at-flowers-and-leaves-by-nancy > > > > It was about 20' in from the roadside in a wet scrubby wooded area near > fields. No others were noticed along the dirt road as I drove out. Does > anyone recognize it? > > > > Nancy > > --001a114e52022cacc40535500f45 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Cornus alternifolia can get to 20 or even 30feet.=C2=A0<di= v>They are understory and edge shrubs of hardwood forest. Called pagoda dog= wood. They have successive layers of branches.</div><div><br></div><div>It = could be Cornus sericea (red osier) but this is a more compact shrub and as= someone mentioned, it would have opposite leaves.</div><div><br></div><div= >These are the most common native dogwoods</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_e= xtra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 7:07 PM, Nancy= Dowd <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" target= =3D"_blank">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd= ing-left:1ex">This was approx 200' from an older home. How big can C al= terniflora get?<br> <div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5">On 2016-06-14, at 6:47 PM, "Da= ve&Jane Schlosberg" <<a href=3D"mailto:dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.= ca">dschlosb-g@ns.sympatico.ca</a>> wrote:<br> <br> > If the leaves were opposite, my guess would be a viburnum, perhaps rec= ognitum, lentago, or cassinoides--arrowwood, nannyberry, or wild raisin. It= 's not clear to me, from the photo, if the leaves really are opposite. = Did you happen to notice?=C2=A0 Also, was it the site of an old house found= ation?<br> > Jane<br> ><br> > -----Original Message----- From: NancyDowd<br> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:44 PM<br> > To: <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca= </a><br> > Subject: [NatureNS] flowering shrub?<br> ><br> > Today in Lakeview, nr E Dalhousie, Kings Co, I noticed this shrub in f= lower:<br> > <a href=3D"https://500px.com/photo/158644957/flowering-shrub-by-nancy"= rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://500px.com/photo/158644957/flo= wering-shrub-by-nancy</a><br> ><br> > It is about 6-8' tall and seems to have very dark branches. Here i= s a closer look at the leaves and flowers, poor as it is:<br> > <a href=3D"https://500px.com/photo/158645865/closer-look-at-flowers-an= d-leaves-by-nancy" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://500px.com/p= hoto/158645865/closer-look-at-flowers-and-leaves-by-nancy</a><br> ><br> > It was about 20' in from the roadside in a wet scrubby wooded area= near fields. No others were noticed along the dirt road as I drove out. Do= es anyone recognize it?<br> ><br> > Nancy<br> <br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br></div> --001a114e52022cacc40535500f45--
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