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Environmental Adaptation and Ornamental Display of Cornus florida Ecotypes

R. C. Heatley, J. J. Kielbaso and G. S. Howell
Arboriculture & Urban Forestry (AUF) November 1994, 20 (6) 305-309; DOI: https://doi.org/10.48044/jauf.1994.054
R. C. Heatley
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Ml 48824
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J. J. Kielbaso
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Ml 48824
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G. S. Howell
Department of Forestry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Ml 48824
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    Collection sites for Cornus florida seeds. Collection sites are denoted with black dot, W. K. Kellogg Forest with an open square, and East Lansing, Michigan with a black square.

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    A comparison of open hilltop and shade grown trees. T50 of Cornus florida twigs sampled from trees grown from seeds of different geographic origin. Trees were grown in a provenance planting in Kalamazoo County Michigan. 2-1-82.

    Origin (Seed source)T50
    Open hilltopShade grown
    Northern and northern Appalachian states
        Pennsylvania-34.5a-33.0ab
        Michigan-34.5a-33.0ab
        Virginia-34.5a-26.5 b
        W. Virginia-34.5a-26.0b
        Ohio-34.5a-34.5a
    mean-34.5-30.6
    Central and coastal plain states
        Maryland-34.5a
        Connecticut-25.5c-28.5ab
        Missouri-27.5 be-34.5a
        Illinois-26.5 bc-34.5a
        New Jersey-34.5a-34.5a
        Kentucky-33.5ab-34.5a
    mean-30.3-33.3
    Southern states
        Georgia-28.5abc-30.0ab
        Tennessee-30.5ab-30.0ab
    mean-29.5-30.0
    • a) T50’s were separated by Chi-Square at p.=05. T50’s followed by the same letter are not significantly different.

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    Summary of ratings for Cornus florida growing on an open hilltop in Michigan, ranked by T50.

    Origin (Seed source)Feb T50 1982Canker ratingaFlower ratingbFall leaf colorc% Alived
    New Jersey-34.51.03.714100
    Michigan-34.51.83.51592
    Pennsylvania-34.51.84.31280
    Ohio-34.51.94.0988
    Virginia-34.52.03.21695
    Maryland-34.52.13.81388
    W. Virginia-34.52.43.71267
    Kentucky-33.52.42.41188
    Tennessee-30.52.32.5071
    Georgia-28.52.41.3227
    Missouri-27.42.03.32100
    Illinois-26.62.63.3291
    Connecticut-25.51.32.61186
    Alabama—2.81.91150
    Texas—2.91.3—39
    Louisiana————0
    Mississippi————0
    • ↵a. 1990

    • ↵b. 1989,1990,1991

    • ↵c. Mean number of days with red leaves, 1979,1980,1981

    • ↵d. Trees were counted as dead if they were killed back to the ground each year but sent up sprouts each spring, 1991.

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