Red Osier Dogwood is a many-stemmed shrub with young branches, bright red to purple (older branches are gray). In the Winter, their beautiful red branches give relief to the area’s “grey” (see up the creek in the photo). Leaves are long and opposite and are very green on top. It has
white clustering flowers and a rich beautiful white against green background. Red-Osier Dogwood, also called Western Dogwood and most likely found in areas that are moist and shady. A shrub and a member of the Cornaceae Family, it grows by Kiosk 05. Red Osier Dogwood Please know that most native NW plants make humans sick, many can kill. ~1 in 10, with proper preparation, are consumable; even then perhaps only a part of the plant (root, stalk, leaf, or fruit) is edible. Pilchuck Learning Center’s sponsored Western Washington State University SAM Project extinction possibility is slight; but found in other areas of North America with little chance of extinction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_sericea
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https://burkeherbarium.org/imagecollection/taxon.php?Taxon=Cornus%20stolonifera
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Cornus+sericea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_sericea
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=COSES
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Cornus&Species=sericea&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year
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The flowers of the Red Osier Dogwood are the color:
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