Last updated: May 5, 2023
Place
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Look on your right just a few feet further down the driveway for a small tree with elliptical leaves and scaly, “alligator hide” bark. If you visit in the spring, the beautiful white flowers of the flowering dogwood may be visible. The wood of this tree is very hard, and is used for tool handles, bobbins, mallets and golf club heads. The fruit and twigs provide food for deer, squirrels, skunks, rabbits and at least 86 species of birds. Dogwood is plagued by a disease called Anthracnose, which has killed many dogwood specimens in the wooded areas of the estate.