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The understory of the ponderosa and sugar pine forest was speckled with manzanita, oak trees and dogwoods with yellow leaves, marking the start of fall.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2024

Baker notes that the lineage that led to blueberries, for instance, is the result of an ancient hybridization between dogwoods and the ancestors of coffee plants, daisies, and mints.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 23, 2024

The brilliant displays of dogwoods, magnolias, redbuds and others signal all is well in the tree world.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

Roses, berries, dogwoods, forsythia, hydrangea, and peonies are also sold this way in winter.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Most of the acreage was maple and beech, some pine, dogwoods, ash; and here and there a glorious hickory.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George