Preferred common name: Common Dogwood
Other common names: Blood twig, Catteridge tree, Common cornel, Dogberry, Dog cherry, Dog tree, Gadrise, Gatten tree, Gattar tree, Houndberry tree, Pegwood, Prick timber, Prickwood, Skewer wood, Swamp dogwood
 Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) is a native species of dogwood with distinctive red stems in autumn and winter. The leaves are opposite, 4-8 cm long and 2-4 cm broad, with an ovate to oblong shape and an entire margin; they are green above, slightly paler below. Small white flowers in clusters give rise to black berries called dogberries in autumn.
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