Cornaceae FAMILY

Cornus drummondii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cornus drummondii is a deciduous shrub growing from 2 - 6 metres tall. The plant can form large, dense thickets of intertwined branches, spreading by means of a rhizomatous rootstock from which are produced solitary, erect stems at intervals of 10 - 60cm[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. , 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. It has been used in shelterbelt and erosion-control plantings, and is sometimes grown as an ornamental, where it can be used as a hedge.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral and eastern N. America - South Dakota and Ontario to New York, south to Texas and Georgia, but absent from Virginia, North and South Carolina

HabitatForming thickets along roadsides, limestone barrens, limestone outcrops, dry woodlands, rocky stream banks, prairies, old fields, meadows, swamp margins; at elevations up to 1,500 metres[ 229 Title The Complete Trees of N. America. Field Guide and Natural History. Publication Author Elias. T. Publisher Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Year 1980 ISBN 0442238622 Description A very good concise guide. Gives habitats, good descriptions, maps showing distribution and a few of the uses. It also includes the many shrubs that occasionally reach tree proportions. , 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].