Cornus sanguinea L. subsp. sanguinea

Taxonomy: Fam. Cornaceae// Genus: Cornus// Species: Cornus sanguinea L.// Subspecies: Cornus sanguinea L. subsp. sanguinea.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski and Matevski (2005 in Micevski) to species level and Ball (1968 in Tutin et al.) to subspecies level.

Lifeform: Perennial, large shrub or small tree; Microphanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Cornus sanguinea L. is native from Europe to Lebanon and Caucasus; Cornus sanguinea L. subsp. sanguinea is native from Europe to Turkey according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: River gorges, near rivers in riparian vegetation, shrublands, woods, edges and clearings of forests, roadsides. Common member of the Querco-carpinetum orientalis association.

Flowering period: Spring- early summer: MAY, JUN.

*Cornus sanguinea* – habit during flowering. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Cornus sanguinea* – habit during fruiting. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Cornus sanguinea* – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Cornus sanguinea* – habit during fruiting. Hilly region near village of Beli, 21.09.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Ball, P. W. 1968. Cornus L. (incl. Chamaepericlymenum Hill, Swida Opiz, Thelycrania (Dumort.) Fourr.). In Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. (eds.), Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 313–314.

Cornus sanguinea L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:271661-1 [Accessed 02.04.2022].

Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77167993-1 [Accessed 11.02.2023].

Cornus sanguinea subsp. sanguinea. Raab-Straube, E. von 2022+: Cornaceae. – In: Euro+Med PlantBase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published at https://europlusmed.org/. https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/992ad449-fb66-4c6d-9770-26ded30dcd06 [Accessed 09.01.2026].

Micevski, K. and Matevski, V. 2005. Cornus L. in Matevski, V. (ed.). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia. Vol. I, Book 6. Skopje: Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1526–1527.

Last update: 09.01.2026.

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