Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Cornus florida L.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Cynoxylon floridum (L.) Raf. ex B.D. Jackson

Common names:

American boxwood [American box-wood] (1900?) (158)

American cornelian tree (1900?) (158)

American dogwood (1900?) (158)

Arrow-wood [Arrow wood] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Bitter redberry (1828-1932) (6, 7)

Blood twig (1876) (92)

Bois bouton (1828, Louisiana Purchase) (7)

Bois de fleche (1828, Louisiana Purchase) (7)

Box tree (1828-1892) (6, 7, 14)

Boxwood [Box-wood] (1869-1923) (49, 58, 92, 156, 158)

Budwood (1876) (92)

Common dogwood (1828) (7)

Cornel (1876-1892) (6, 92)

Cornelian cherry (1770) (41)

Cornelian tree [Cornelian-tree] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Cornouiller à grandes fleurs (1892-1923, French) (6, 156)

Cornouiller fleuri (1828, French) (7)

Cornouilles de la Floride (1785, French) (8)

Cornus (1902-1919) (52, 54, 60)

Cornus florida (1828, Official Name of Materia Medica) (7)

Crossbluthige Cornel (1892, German)(6)

Dog tree (1828-1892) (6, 7, 92)

Dogwood [Dog wood] (1770-1922) (7, 12, 20, 38, 41, 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 60, 92, 158)

Dogwood tree (1840) (19)

False box (1840-1913) (5, 19, 92)

False boxwood [False box wood, False box-wood] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Florida cornel [Florid cornel] (1828-1923) (7, 92, 156, 158)

Florida dogwood (1898-1923) (5, 92, 156, 158)

Flowering cornel (1869-1923) (49, 53, 58, 92, 156, 158)

Flowering dogwood (1913-Present) (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 49, 50, 82, 97, 105, 122, 124, 138, 155, 156, 158)

Green osier (1882, Kansas) (48)

Gross blüthige Kornel (1900?, German) (158)

Hat-ta-wa-no-min-schi (1892) (6)

Hornbaum (1900?, German) (158)

Indian arrow-wood [Indian arrow wood] (1900?-1913) (5, 158)

Male Virginian dogwood (1785) (8)

Mon-ha-can-ni-min-schi (1828-1932) (6, 7)

Nature's-mistake [Nature's mistake] (1894-1923?, Abington Mass, obsolete by 1923) (5, 75, 156, 158)

Nemwatik (1932, Chippewa) (105)

New England boxwood [New England box-wood] (1892) (6, 158)

Schonbluhender Hartriegel (1828, German) (7)

Virginia dogwood (1876?-1900?) (92, 158)

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