Tree · Cornaceae
Redosier dogwood
Cornus sericea · includes its varieties and subspecies
Redosier dogwood is recorded as native to 34 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 887 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Key facts · USDA PLANTS
Redosier dogwood at a glance
- Native in
- 887 counties, across 34 states and territories
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 3b PLANTS minimum temperature −38°F
- Mature height
- 12 ft PLANTS mature height
- Light and water
- Full sun (shade-intolerant) High water use
Estimated cold hardiness: zone 3b. PLANTS gives a minimum temperature of −38°F; zone 3b winters bottom out at −35°F, the coldest half-zone that stays within that limit.
Redosier dogwood is recorded as native to 34 states and territories in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in 887 counties of those states by USDA PLANTS.
Counties where it is native
The 15 counties with the most ZIP codes among the 887 where it is listed.
Native counties by state
- Alaska 10 counties
- Arizona 7 counties
- California 50 counties
- Colorado 30 counties
- Connecticut statewide record
- Delaware 1 county
- Idaho 31 counties
- Illinois 41 counties
- Iowa 6 counties
- Kentucky 34 counties
- Maine 15 counties
- Massachusetts 9 counties
- Michigan 79 counties
- Minnesota 76 counties
- Montana 48 counties
- Nebraska 38 counties
- Nevada 12 counties
- New Hampshire 9 counties
- New Jersey 13 counties
- New Mexico 17 counties
- New York 41 counties
- North Dakota 41 counties
- Ohio 29 counties
- Oregon 35 counties
- Pennsylvania 20 counties
- Rhode Island 1 county
- South Dakota 16 counties
- Utah 29 counties
- Vermont 14 counties
- Virginia 2 counties
- Washington 36 counties
- West Virginia 11 counties
- Wisconsin 68 counties
- Wyoming 18 counties
Growing traits
Values from the PLANTS characteristics record of a variety (COSES). “Not recorded” means PLANTS has no value; nothing here is estimated except the zone.
Growth
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Mature height
- 12 ft
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Shape
- Semi-Erect
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Active growth period
- Spring and Summer
Light and water
- Shade tolerance
- Intolerant (full sun (shade-intolerant))
- Moisture use
- High water use
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Tolerance of waterlogged soil
- High
- Precipitation range
- 18 to 60 in per year
Soil
- Soil textures
- Coarse, medium and fine
- pH range
- 4.8 to 7.5
- Lime (CaCO₃) tolerance
- None
- Salinity tolerance
- None
- Fertility requirement
- Low
- Minimum root depth
- 20 in
Climate
- Minimum temperature
- −38°F
- Estimated cold hardiness
- Zone 3b and warmer
- Minimum frost-free days
- 90
- Fire tolerance
- Low
Flowers, leaves and fruit
- Flower color
- White
- Showy flowers
- Yes
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Foliage color
- Green
- Showy in fall
- Yes
- Keeps leaves
- No
- Fruit color
- White
Other
- Toxicity
- None
- Nitrogen fixation
- None
- Nursery availability
- Routinely Available
- Family
- Cornaceae
- PLANTS symbol
- COSE16
Source & data date
- Source
- USDA NRCS PLANTS Database: county distribution records, native status and plant characteristics. CC0 (public domain dedication, per the data.gov catalog record).
- Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP): native or introduced status by state. CC BY 3.0.
- USGS US-RIIS (ver. 2.0): species listed as introduced are excluded. CC0.
- Citation
- USDA, NRCS. 2026. The PLANTS Database (https://plants.usda.gov, 11/04/2026). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC USA.
- Govaerts R. (ed.) (2026). WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Data file dated 2026-06-04, http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ (retrieved 2026-11-04). Paper: Govaerts R. et al. (2021) The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. Scientific Data 8, 215.
- Data date
- Retrieved from PLANTS on November 4, 2026; WCVP data file dated June 4, 2026.
- Scope
- Cornus sericea (PLANTS symbol COSE16), including 2 varieties and subspecies folded into the species.
- Method
- A species is listed when it is recorded as native to the state in Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants and USDA PLANTS, and recorded in the county by USDA PLANTS. Species PLANTS labels both native and introduced are listed separately. Full method · All sources