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Common Name(s): Kousa Dogwood, Japanese Dogwood, Korean Dogwood
Scientific Name:
Cornus kousa
Hance
Family: Dogwood (Cornaceae)
Species Description
Growth form:
Leaves, twigs, and bark:
Flowers:
Fruits:
Native range and habitat:
Plant Family:
Ecologic Importance and Uses:
Edible and Medicinal Uses:
Wildlife:
Gardens and Landscaping:
Campus Specimens:
The Virginia State Champion for Kousa dogwood earned 113 points.
The National Champion
Kousa dogwood trees on the Radford University campus include:
Tree #393
Trunk circumference:
42 inches
Tree height:
21.5 feet
Crown spread:
28.2 feet x 21.5 feet
Average =24.6 feet
Total points: 70
Tree #394
Trunk circumference:
42 inches
Tree height:
22.5 feet
Crown spread:
29.7 feet x 24.2 feet
Average = 27.0 feet
Total points: 71
Tree #395
Trunk circumference:
39 inches
Tree height:
23.4 feet
Crown spread:
39 feet x 26.0 feet
Average = 23.4 feet
Total points: 67
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References
Elpel, T. J. (2018). Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification, Edition 6.1. Hops Press, Pony, MT.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. (2019). Plant Database:
Chionanthus virginicus.
www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CHVI3
Missouri Botanical Garden. (2019).
Chionanthus virginicus.
www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c120%E2%80%8B
North Carolina State Extension. (2019).
Chionanthus virginicus.
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/chionanthus-virginicus/
USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). 2019. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA.
http://plants.usda.gov
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Virginia Botanical Associates. (2019). Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora.
http://www.vaplantatlas.org
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Virginia Department of Forestry. (VA-DOF). (2016). Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of Virginia.
www.dof.virginia.gov/infopubs/Native-Shrub-ID-spreads_2016_pub.pdf
Virginia Tech Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation. (2019). Fringe Tree Fact Sheet, Virginia Tech Dendrology.
dendro.cnre.vt.edu/DENDROLOGY/factsheets.cfm
Page created by:
Angie Holmes, Radford University (2019).
Radford University Trees
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