Participant Info

Species

Cornus sericea var. sericea [Cornus alba var. alba] [Cornus stolonifera]

Family

Cornaceae

CommonName

red-osier dogwood

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1928

LatestDate

2023

Ecosystem

foothill, montane, urban

Geobotanical

SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

Del Norte

PhotoRecords

YES Mary McDonald: Conejos Co, forest bench of the Conejos River SW of Fox Creek Community 11 June2014; Contributor: Conejos Co, along Conejos River July 2021

Comments

Found throughout the Watershed, this dogwood is not widespread but rather shows up locally along streams, bogs, and other mesic environments; e.g. Conejos River in Conejos Co, Cat Creek in Rio Grande Co, along the Rio Grande running through Del Norte in Rio Grande Co. Note that the scientific name is still under discussion by experts. Treated as C. stolonifera, Allred et al (2020) show the plant following the Rio Grande drainage to the Mexican border. As C. alba, BONAP shows it in all states west of the Great Plains and across the top third of the country, with no records from the Rio Grande drainage of Texas.

Annotation