Flowering+Dogwood

flat =Final= //Cornus florida// is also known as the Flowering Dogwood. It is a small tree that loses its leaves in the winter. It's often found in eastern US. The Flowering Dogwood usually grows about 10m high and has a trunk about 30cm wide. The leaves grow up to five inches long and 2.5 inches wide. The leaves are green with short stalks and underneath they are pale green. The bark of Flowering Dogwoods are dark, reddish-brown, rough and have many square-like plates. It has also been used as fever medicine. Our state flower is from the Flowering Dogwood. These trees grow clusters of fruit that come in 2 to 10 drupes that ripen in late summer into early fall. They are either a bright red or sometimes a yellow color. It thrives under larger trees for shade, moist and nutrient-rich conditions = = =Research= //Cornus florida// is also known as the Flowering Dogwood. It is a small tree that loses its leaves in the winter. Its often found in eastern US. The Flowering Dogwood usually grows about 10m high and has a trunk about 30cm wide. The leaves grow up to five inches long and 2.5 inches wide. They are green with short stalks and underneath they are pale green. The bark of Flowering Dogwoods are dark, reddish-brown, rough and have many square-like plates. It has also been used as fever medicine, also our state flower comes from a species of Flowering Dogwood. These trees grow clusters of fruit that come in 2 to 10 drupes that ripen in late summer into early fall. They are either a bright red or sometimes a yellow color. It thrives under larger trees for shade, moist and nutrient-rich conditions. = = 1.) http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/quickref/trees/flowering_dogwood.html 2.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_florida 3.) http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/flowering_dogwood.htm 4.) http://www.dogwood-tree.com =Information= //Cornus florida// is also known as the Flowering Dogwood. It is a small tree that loses its leaves in the Winter, and it is found in Eastern U.S. Our state flower is the Flowering Dogwood. These trees also grow clusters of fruit that come in 2 to 10 drupes that ripen in late summer into early fall. = = =Revisions= Alex Eberhart: Spelling, No revisions Scott Jordt: Plagiarism, Good Blake Bizousky: Information, Good includes all important topics Dillon Perry: Grammar, Changed Its to It's, Changed they to The leaves.

//Cornus florida// is also known as the Flowering Dogwood. It is a small tree that loses its leaves in the winter. It's often found in eastern US. The Flowering Dogwood usually grows about 10m high and has a trunk about 30cm wide. The leaves grow up to five inches long and 2.5 inches wide. The leaves are green with short stalks and underneath they are pale green. The bark of Flowering Dogwoods are dark, reddish-brown, rough and have many square-like plates. It has also been used as fever medicine. Our state flower is from the Flowering Dogwood. These trees grow clusters of fruit that come in 2 to 10 drupes that ripen in late summer into early fall. They are either a bright red or sometimes a yellow color. It thrives under larger trees for shade, moist and nutrient-rich conditions.