Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Cornales > Cornaceae > Cornus > Cornus floridaCornus florida (flowering dogwood)Synonyms: Benthamia florida (homotypic); Benthamidia florida (homotypic); Benthamidia florida f. pendula; Benthamidia florida f. pluribracteata; Benthamidia florida f. rubra; Benthamidia florida f. xanthocarpa; Benthamidia florida var. pendula; Benthamidia florida var. rubra; Benthamidia florida var. urbiniana; Cornus candidissima (heterotypic); Cornus florida f. florida; Cornus florida f. pendula; Cornus florida f. pluribracteata; Cornus florida f. purpurea; Cornus florida f. rubra; Cornus florida f. xanthocarpa; Cornus florida urbiniana; Cornus florida var. florida; Cornus florida var. pendula; Cornus florida var. rosea; Cornus florida var. rubra; Cornus florida var. urbiniana; Cornus florida var. xanthocarpa; Cornus urbiniana; Cynoxylon floridum; Cynoxylon floridum var. pendulum; Cynoxylon floridum var. rubrum Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida and west to the Mississippi River. The tree is commonly planted as an ornamental in residential and public areas because of its showy bracts and interesting bark structure. |
Air Quality Improvement [1] | Low | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium | Carbon Capture [1] | Low | Screening - Summer [2] | Porous | Screening - Winter [2] | Porous | Shade Percentage [1] | 83 % | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-Low | Wind Reduction [1] | Low | | Bloom Period [2] | Early Spring | Drought Tolerance [2] | Low | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | Fire Tolerance [2] | Medium | Flower Type [3] | Hermaphrodite | Frost Free Days [2] | 5 months 10 days | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | Medium | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Spring | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | Growth Form [2] | Multiple Stem | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | Growth Rate [2] | Moderate | Hazards [3] | There is a report that the fruit is poisonous for humans; | Janka Hardness [4] | 2150 lbf (975 kgf) Hard | Leaf Type [3] | Deciduous | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | Pollinators [3] | Insects, Lepidoptera | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed | Root Depth [2] | 18 inches (46 cm) | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Slow | Seed Vigor [2] | Medium | Seeds Per [2] | 4480 / lb (9877 / kg) | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | Specific Gravity [5] | 0.73 | Structure [3] | Shrub | Usage [3] | A red dye is obtained from the fibrous root;
The peeled twigs are used as toothbrushes, they are good for whitening the teeth; The juice from the twigs preserves and hardens the gums; The twigs can also be chewed to make natural paintbrushes;
A black ink can be made from the bark mixed with gum arabic and iron sulphate;
The bark is very bitter, could it be used to make an insect or bird repellent[K]?
Wood - hard, heavy, strong, close grained, durable, takes a good polish and is extremely shock-resistant. It weighs 51lb per cubic foot and is used for making wheel hubs, tool handles, the heads of golf clubs, bearings, turnery etc; | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | Flower Color [2] | White | Foliage Color [2] | Green | Fruit Color [2] | Red | | Fall Conspicuous [2] | Yes | Flower Conspicuous [2] | Yes | Fruit Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | Height [3] | 20 feet (6 m) | Width [3] | 26 feet (8 m) | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 5 Low Temperature: -20 F° (-28.9 C°) → -10 F° (-23.3 C°) | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°) | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Shady | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | Soil Fertility [2] | Intermediate | Water Use [1] | High to Moderate | View Plants For A Future Record : Cornus florida |
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Allegheny Portage Railroad Nat'l Hist. Site National Historic Site |
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Appomattox Court House National Historical Park |
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Virginia, United States |
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Assateague Island National Seashore |
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Maryland, United States |
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Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area National Recreation Area |
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Kentucky, Tennessee, United States |
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Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway |
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North Carolina, Virginia, United States |
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Bluestone National Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
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West Virginia, United States |
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Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge |
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Delaware, United States |
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Booker T. Washington National Monument |
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Virginia, United States |
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Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve |
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Michigan, United States |
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Canaveral National Seashore |
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Florida, United States |
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Cape Lookout National Seashore |
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18379 |
North Carolina, United States |
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Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve |
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310228 |
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States |
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Catoctin Mountain Park National Park |
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5994 |
Maryland, United States |
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Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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United States |
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Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area |
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Georgia, United States |
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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
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Maryland, District of Columbia, United States |
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Chickamauga & Chattanooga Nat'l Military Park National Military Park |
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Georgia, Tennessee, United States |
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Chippewa Nature Center |
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Michigan, United States |
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Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park |
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Virginia, United States |
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Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory LTER Site Long Term Ecological Research |
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North Carolina, United States |
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Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park |
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24282 |
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States |
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Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge |
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Puerto Rico, United States |
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Edwin S. George Reserve |
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Michigan, United States |
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Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge |
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66133 |
Arkansas, United States |
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Fort Donelson National Battlefield |
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Tennessee, United States |
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Fort Necessity National Battlefield |
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1019 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania Nat'l Military Park National Military Park |
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10384 |
Virginia, United States |
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Friendship Hill National Historic Site |
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697 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Gateway National Recreation Area |
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New Jersey, United States |
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Gauley River National Recreation Area |
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10157 |
West Virginia, United States |
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George Washington Birthplace National Monument |
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Virginia, United States |
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George Washington Memorial Parkway |
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Virginia, United States |
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Gettysburg National Military Park |
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3560 |
Pennsylvania, United States |
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park |
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515454 |
North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge |
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New Jersey, United States |
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |
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715 |
West Virginia, United States |
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Hobcaw Barony (North Inlet) National Estuarine Research Reserve |
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South Carolina, United States |
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site |
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Pennsylvania, United States |
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park |
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1926 |
Alabama, United States |
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Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore |
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Indiana, United States |
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park |
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Georgia, United States |
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Little River National Wildlife Refuge |
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Oklahoma, United States |
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Mammoth Cave Area Biosphere Reserve (Natn'l Park) National Park |
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Kentucky, United States |
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Manassas National Battlefield Park |
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Virginia, United States |
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Moores Creek National Battlefield |
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North Carolina, United States |
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Morristown National Historical Park |
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New Jersey, United States |
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Mount Mitchell State Park |
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North Carolina, United States |
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National Capital Region - East National Park |
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District of Columbia, United States |
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New River Gorge National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
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West Virginia, United States |
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Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Obed Wild and Scenic River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway |
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Tennessee, United States |
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Ocmulgee National Monument |
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693 |
Georgia, United States |
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Oconee National Forest Botanical Reserve |
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306 |
Georgia, United States |
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Petersburg National Battlefield |
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3338 |
Virginia, United States |
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Point Pelee National Park |
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5764 |
Ontario, Canada |
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Prince William Forest Park |
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District of Columbia, United States |
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Richmond National Battlefield Park |
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1517 |
Virginia, United States |
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Rock Creek Park |
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District of Columbia, United States |
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Rondeau Provincial Park |
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Ontario, Canada |
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Roosevelt Vanderbilt National Historic Site |
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New York, United States |
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Santee Coastal Reserve and Washo Reserve State Habitat Area |
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South Carolina, United States |
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Saratoga National Historical Park |
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New York, United States |
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Shenandoah National Park |
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108221 |
Virginia, United States |
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Shiloh National Military Park |
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4061 |
Tennessee, United States |
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South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve |
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South Carolina, United States |
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Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve |
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North Carolina, Tennessee, United States |
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Tennessee River Gorge |
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Tennessee, United States |
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Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge |
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Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States |
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Valley Forge National Historical Park |
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Pennsylvania, United States |
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Western Michigan Universitys Asylum Lake Preserve |
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Michigan, United States |
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Missouri North Carolina Virginia Virginia |
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts ♦ 5Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 6Study of Northern Virginia Ecology♦ 7HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 8Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics. ♦ 9Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 10Neotoma magister, Steven B. Castleberry, Michael T. Mengak, and W. Mark Ford, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 789, pp. 1-5 (2006) ♦ 11Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae), H.V. Weems, Jr., Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry; and T.R. Fasulo, University of Florida, January 2002. Latest revision: March 2015 ♦ 12Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA. |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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