(Red-twig Dogwood)
- Type:
- Shrub
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun, Partial Sun, Shade
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry, Medium, Wet
- Height:
- 6 to 12 feet
- Project:
- Erosion Control, Raingarden, Restoration, Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- White
- Bloom Months:
- May, June
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Moderate
- Salt Tolerance:
- Low
- Stress Tolerance:
- Alkaline Conditions, Drought Tolerant, General Disturbance
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Medium
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 1
- Pollinator Value:
- Very High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food, Larval Food
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Larval Host (Butterfly), Larval Host (Moth), Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodgee, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbardard, Isanti, Itasca, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Kandiyohibec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac qui, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Marshall, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Redwood, Rice, Roseau, SCottonwood, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Wadena, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine
Notes/Description:
Tolerates wet soils, attracts burds & pollinators, winter interest. Many-stemmed, erect, deciduous shrub 6-12' tall, forming thickets. Used for restorations, buffers, screens, erosion control, stream bank stabilization and landscaping. It will work well in rain gardens and other water-fluctuation situations. It provides habitat for wildlife and beauty to landscapes. There are many cultivars and varieties. It may invade sedge meadows, prairies, and calcacerous fens as water levels change. When deer numbers are high, this species is reduced in size and abundance.