Silky dogwood is a common name for two species of shrubs, formerly treated as a single species:
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Cornus amomum
''Cornus amomum'', the silky dogwood, is a species of dogwood native to the eastern United States, from Michigan and Vermont south to Alabama and Florida. Other names include red willow, silky cornel, kinnikinnick, and squawbush.
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'', a more southerly species found in the eastern U.S.
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Cornus obliqua
''Cornus obliqua'', the blue-fruited dogwood, silky dogwood, or pale dogwood, is a flowering shrub of eastern North America in the dogwood family, Cornaceae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of ''Cornus amomum'', which is also known as si ...
'', a more northerly species found in the eastern U.S. and Canada
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