Cornus asperifolia
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Rough-leaf Cornel
Cornaceae
Plant Specifics
Form: | Tree | |
Size: | 6-15 ft tall by 6-15 ft wide | |
Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
Flower Color: | White | |
Fruit Color: | White | |
Phenology: | Deciduous | |
Noted for: | Showy flowers |
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: | Forms thickets. Best used as a screen or buffer plant. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Propagation: | Seed, softwood cuttings. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Availability: | Seed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light: | Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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(Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Short very dry periods) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: | Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Short very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil or other substrate: | Loam, Lime rock, Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil pH: |
Ecology
Wildlife: |
Birds and small mammals consume the fruit. | |
Insects: | Larval host for cecropia silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia) and spring azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon). Attracts long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, and butterflies. | |
Native Habitats: | Dry woods. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
8A 8B 9A

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures