Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Cornus sericea subsp. sericea |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Cornaceae |
| Family common name(s) | dogwood; cornel; cornels |
| Genus common name(s) | dogwood; cornel; dogberry tree; dogberry-tree; bunch-berry; bunch berry; bunchberry; puppy-wood; puppywood |
| Species common name(s) | red-osier dogwood; red osier dogwood; red osier dog wood; redosier dogwood; wild red osier dogwood; red-osier cornel; red osier cornel; red-osier; red-osier; red osier; wild red-osier; wild red osier; red-twig dogwood; red twig dogwood; redtwig dogwood; red-stemmed dogwood; red stemmed dogwood; red-stemmed cornel; red-stem dogwood; redstem dogwood; waxberry cornel; wax-berry cornel; running dogwood; gutter-tree; gutter tree |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | western dogwood, western red dogwood, American dogwood, creek dogwood, female dogwood, silky cornel, silky dogwood, white dogwood are applied to multiple Cornus taxa; kinnikinik, kinnikinnik, kinnikinnick, kinnikinnic, kinnikinic, kinnikinick, arrow-wood, arrow wood, arrowwood, dogberry, dog-berry, dog berry, hounds berry, houndsberry, red-brush, red brush applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended (possibly pejorative or derogatory): squawbush, squaw bush |
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