Tatarian dogwood
Cornus alba
Also known as: Siberian dogwood · white dogwood
Plantae
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 20-30 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- Northern Asia
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Uncommon
About
This shrub grows in damp thickets across northern Asia and Siberia. Its stems turn a vibrant blood-red color during the coldest winter months.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Cornales
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Genus
- Cornus
- Species
- Cornus alba