Michigan Trees: A Handbook of the Native and Most Important Introduced Species

by Charles Herbert Otis

WINTER KEY TO THE SPECIES OF CORNUS

a.	Leaf-scars mostly alternate; buds light brown; branches usually greenish.	C. alternifolia, p. [207].
aa.	Leaf-scars opposite; buds greenish; branches usually reddish or yellowish.	C. florida, p. [205].

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Flowering Dogwood. Dogwood. Boxwood

1. Winter twig, with leaf buds, × 1.

2. Portion of twig, enlarged.

3. Winter twig, with flower bud, × 1.