Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Cornus canadensis L.

Family: Cornaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Chamaepericlymenum canadense (L.) Asch. & Graebn., Cornella canadensis (L.) Rydb., Cornus canadensis L. var. dutillyi (Lepage) Boivin

Common names:

Bearberry [Bear-berry] (1923, misapplied) (156)

Bunchberry [Bunch berry] (1876?-1986) (3, 4, 5, 40, 92, 107, 109, 138, 156, 158)

Bunchberry dogwood (1942-Present) (50, 155)

Bunch-plum [Bunch plum, Bunch plumS] (1892-1913) (5, 73, 156, 158)

Caca'gomin (1928, Chippewa) (40)

Cracker-berry (1900?-1923) (156, 158)

Dwarf cornel (1840-1923) (2, 5, 19, 46, 92, 107, 131, 156, 158)

Low cornel (1900?-1923) (5, 156, 158)

Pigeon-berry (1879-1892) (46, 73)

Pudding-berry [Pudding berry, Pudding berries] (1882-1892, probabaly from insipid nature) (14, 73, 79)

Puppy-wood (1923) (156)

Small flowering-cornel (1900?) (158)

Solanum quadrifolium bacciferum (1622, C. Bauhin) (46)

Šul(a)mix (1806, Chinookan) (1806, William Clark - spelled solme) (35)

Trailing dogwood (1923) (156)

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