Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Gray Dogwood
Cornus racemosa [C-value 1]
Dogwood family (Cornaceae)
Blooms mid-May -
June
The native Gray Dogwood is common in our area. It prefers partial to full sun and moist to slightly dry conditions. Habitats include woodland openings, savannas, prairies, thickets, power line clearances and roadsides. This shrub is 3-8' tall, erect, and abundantly branched. Young stems are pale green with opposite leaves up to 4" long and 1½" across, oval-shaped and toothless. Occasionally, dome-shaped panicles, about 1½–2½" across, of flowers are produced. Individual flowers are about ¼" across with 4 white petals. The flowers are later replaced by globoid berries (drupes) about ¼" across that become white at maturity.
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Grey Dogwood at Baker Woods Forest Preserve June 23, 2013
Gray Dogwood near Pickerill/Pigott Forest Preserve May 31, 2015
Gray Dogwood at Richard Young Forest Preserve June 2, 2015
Gray Dogwood at Jay Woods Forest Preserve June 9, 2015
Gray Dogwood at Blackberry Trail Forest Preserve July 19, 2017 (with drupes that are still green)
Gray Dogwood at Pickerill/Pigott Forest Preserve August 8, 2018 (with deep blue drupes just starting to turn white)
Gray Dogwood at Richard Young Forest Preserve August 22, 2015 (with white mature drupes)
Gray Dogwood at Richard Young Forest Preserve August 22, 2015 (with white mature drupes)
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