Swamp Dogwood

Use along streams or edges of retention areas. Can be a screen or specimen tree in moist areas. Blooms better in moderate to high light settings.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Birds and small mammals consume the fruit.

Riverine swamps, bluffs, bluffs, gum swamps. Typically in areas of relatively brief, shallow inundation.

• Interesting bark, Showy flowers, Showy fruits, Hurricane wind resistance
• Attracts long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, and butterflies. 
• Larval host for cecropia silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia) and spring azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon).