{"id":9134,"date":"2017-05-24T14:03:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T18:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=9134"},"modified":"2017-05-24T14:03:05","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T18:03:05","slug":"take-5-flowering-dogwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-flowering-dogwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Flowering Dogwood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take a stroll along a residential street this time of year and you are almost sure to see the iconic white (and occasionally pink) blossoms of the flowering dogwood (Benthamidia<\/em> florida<\/em>). Flowering dogwoods are actually native to Massachusetts, existing here since before European colonization.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, finding native flowering dogwoods in the woods has become less and less common since the 1980\u2019s, due to a fungal disease called \u201cdogwood anthracnose\u201d. As a result, many of the flowering dogwoods you\u2019ll see planted in yards and along streets are disease-resistant cultivars of the native shrub.<\/p>\n

A few other species of dogwood shrubs are native to Massachusetts\u2014such as red-osier, silky, and alternate-leaved dogwood\u2014and though not as showy as flowering dogwood, they are just as important for supporting healthy biodiversity because they provide habitat and food sources for many times more native wildlife species than non-native plants\u2014particularly our beloved pollinators!<\/p>\n

Here are five beautiful photos of flowering dogwoods to celebrate these exceptional shrubs. Once you know what to look for, you’re sure to see them everywhere! Keep an eye out for white or pink flowers with four wide petals, each with a characteristic “notch” in the end. Does it have pointy tips instead of notches? Then it\u2019s likely a non-native Kousa dogwood (Benthamidia japonica<\/em>).<\/p>\n

\"Flowering

Flowering Dogwood \u00a9 Liz Froment<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Dogwood

Dogwood Flower \u00a9 Alan Yen<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Pink

Pink Dogwood \u00a9 Mackenzie Lannon<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Flowering

Flowering Dogwood \u00a9 Mass Audubon<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Flowering

Flowering Dogwood \u00a9 Mass Audubon<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Take a stroll along a residential street this time of year and you are almost sure to see the iconic white (and occasionally pink) blossoms of the flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida). Flowering dogwoods are actually native to Massachusetts, existing here since before European colonization. Unfortunately, finding native flowering dogwoods in the woods has become less […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2nk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2392,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/we-heart-native-plants\/","url_meta":{"origin":9134,"position":0},"title":"We Heart Native Plants","author":"Mass Audubon","date":"June 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"There are many reasons you should include native plants into your landscape plans. 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