Creeping Dogwood (Cornus canadensis)

Family: Cornaceae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Late spring. Form: Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Pleasant but without much flavour. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; Pleasant but without much flavour.; The fruits are rather dry a bit gummy and rather mealy but they have a pleasant slightly sweet flavour, though they are not the type of fruit I would like to eat raw in quantity.; They can be added to breakfast cereals or used for making jams, pies, puddings etc.

Habitat & North American Range

Coniferous woods, thickets and damp clearings in peaty soils. (Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7)