Gray dogwood

 This gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) is at Weiler-Leopold Nature Reserve in Warren County.  The advantage of going here to see this is that there is a label that identifies it.  So if you want to know what a gray dogwood looks like, come here to see this example.  Gray dogwood is one of the most common dogwood shrubs around here but the different dogwood shrubs can be difficult to tell apart.

View showing the panicle of white flowers and the olive brown color of the new twigs and the gray color of the old bark. After the flowers fade the gray dogwood has white berries.

Pictures taken June 18, 2011.

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