Common Name - Flowering Dogwood

Scientific Name - Cornus florida

Description: deciduous; opposite; usually oval with a pointed apex; thick and firm, with upwardly curving impressed veins on the upper surface; green and smooth or with some fuzziness on the upper side, pale and finely hairy or sometimes smooth on the lower side, turning scarlet in autumn. Flowering Dogwood Tree Leaves
The Flowering Dogwood Tree Leaf

Description:
simple, deciduous;  opposite;  usually oval with a pointed apex;  thick and firm, with upwardly curving impressed veins on the upper surface;  green and smooth or with some fuzziness on the upper side, pale and finely hairy or sometimes smooth on the lower side, turning scarlet in autumn.

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