Cornus amomum (Silky Dogwood) Vine

Cornus amomum (Silky Dogwood) VineCornus amomum (Silky Dogwood) is a medium sized deciduous shrub found in moist lowland areas swamp borders, floodplains, shrub wetlands and along streams and ponds. Tiny yellowish white flowers (showy petal like white bracts are absent) give way to berry like drupes that change from white to blue as they ripen in late summer; attractive to birds. Sun Exposure Prairie Savanna Soil Conditions Wet Mesic, Mesic Height 8' 12' Flower Color Yellow Flower

Named Indian grass because it is reportedly associated with Native American camps

Photo 1 By: By Ted Bodner

Flower Time May-June

Also an awesome wetland plant

Flower Time May-June

The familiar "fiddleheads" uncoil from the base of the plant into large 2-4' long fronds which remain attractive throughout the year and turn yellow in autumn

This perennial plant is a classic of the tallgrass prairie restorations

It can give a tropical feel with its palm-like foliage

Height 80'-100'

Given years it can spread into large colonies to form a solid cover

Sun Exposure Prairie/Savanna/Woodland

With fragmentation