Among indigenous fruit-bearing trees, shrubs and vines the state has the bird cherry, black cherry, blueberry, cranberry, raspberry, blackberry, gooseberry, strawberry, grape and black currant; and conspicuous among a very great variety of shrubs and flowering plants are the rose, dogwood, laurel, sumac, holly, winterberry, trilliums, anemones, arbutuses, violets, azaleas, eglantine, clematis, blue gentians, orange lilies, orchids, asters and golden rod.
The wood of dogwood trees, especially Cornus florida, has been used to make bowls, pipes, mallets, golf clubs, and tool handles.
Among forest shrubs are the willow, hazel, alder, shrub maple, birch, hawthorn, dogwood, elderberry, viburnum and snowberry.
Come along for an hour or two and really make a difference by helping to remove encroaching dogwood and blackthorn regeneration.
This exciting variety of dogwood provides a bold splash of color in winter.
