[NatureNS] Flowering Dogwood

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Thank you all for the ID help. I was not near enough the bush to get a good look and was not going to cross the ditch to do so. Hobblebush must have a long flowering season as I am sure I have noted it in flower in July as well. A fast grower.

Nancy

> On May 27, 2018, at 9:43 PM, Ian Manning <ianmanning4@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nancy, 
> 
> Re the dogwood, I guess you're thinking of alternate-leaved dogwood which is pretty common in NS, at least when you're walking in a good spots. Next time you come across one, take a good look at it. I find it's the easiest shrub to reliably ID at all times of the year because of it's flat spreading tier-like branching pattern (there's probably other shrubs that branch similar but none I can think of) and at least wherever I've seen, it's always infected with a orange rust fungus (golden canker of alternate leaved dogwood) on at least one branch, I can only ever remember seeing one without it, though that's just my impression from Kings/Annapolis Co, where I do most of my tromping. 
> 
> Ian
> 
> On 27 May 2018 at 18:29, David <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>     Thanks Ian, for the confirmation. Some species names get swapped at intervals. Fernald (1950) has V. lantanoides Michx. as a synonym of V. alnifolium. The constant, as you say, is hobblebush. The fruit is a good nibble but seldom seen at the right time. It fruits reliably in a garden setting.
> Yt, DW, Kentville
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Ian Manning" <ianmanning4@gmail.com>
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Sent: 5/27/2018 3:03:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Flowering Dogwood
> 
>> Yep. That’s V. lantanoides name has changed, I call it hobblebush.
>>  
>>> On May 27, 2018, at 12:03 PM, nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>  
>>> And I see multiple reddish stems I think. So likely not a tree at all.
>>>  
>>> Nancy
>>>  
>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>  
>>>> On May 27, 2018, at 10:54 AM, David <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:
>>>>  
>>>> Hi Nancy & All,
>>>>   You may be correct because I find photos to be a poor substitute for the real thing. But this looks more like a very tall variant of Viburnum alnifolium; usually only knee high.
>>>>   Dogwood is also readily recognized by the bark; as you might suppose.
>>>>   They do not survive long in dense woodland and are thus more common along road edges or in small glades generated by windfall or cutting.
>>>> Yt, DW, Kentville
>>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>>> From: "NancyDowd" <nancypdowd@gmail.com>
>>>> To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>>>> Sent: 5/27/2018 9:57:19 AM
>>>> Subject: [NatureNS] Flowering Dogwood
>>>>  
>>>>> Always a random, but happy, encounter when I come across a Flowering Dogwood tree in the woods. I do not find many of them.
>>>>>  
>>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/42385040971/in/dateposted-public/
>>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/150605880@N07/42385036071/in/dateposted-public/
>>>>>  
>>>>> Nancy
>>>>> E Dalhousie, Kings Co.
>>>>  
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