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Dogwood?

13 years ago

Have quite a few of these growing wild toward back/wooded area behind our house. Does this appear to be a dogwood? No blooms to help identify just yet but compared the leaves to my neighbor's planted dogwood and it looks awfully close if not exact match. Any help appreciated.

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clemsontyger
Original Author
13 years ago
Another pic
clemsontyger
Original Author
13 years ago
Last one...ignore the weed directly in front of it.
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lucky_p
13 years ago
Definitely NOT dogwood, which has 'opposite' branching/leafing pattern - your plant has 'alternate'.
Leaves in your photos look nothing like dogwood - I'm thinking...persimmon.
Smivies (Ontario - 5b)
13 years ago
Not dogwood (Cornus) and probably not Persimmon (Diospyros). Looks a lot like Itea but I don't think that's right either.
clemsontyger
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks Lucky, I see what you mean and you're right, definitely not opposite. I don't see any evidence of any fruit, but having looked up the persimmon I do agree it looks like it could be.
Tn_Tree_Man
13 years ago
I second the persimmon. It looks like some stump sprouts from where a previous tree was cut down.

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