North Carolina Wildflowers

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Cornaceae
	Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum) Caswell Co., NC 17 June 2006 Fairly common statewide in NC along streams, swamp edges, and other moist habitats.
	Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum) Caswell Co., NC 17 June 2006 Opposite leaves and arcuate veins (veins that curve toward the leaf tip) characterize most species of dogwoods in the eastern U.S.
	Silky Dogwood, Swamp Dogwood (Cornus amomum) Caswell Co., NC 17 June 2006 White flowers appear in late spring and early summer.

Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.