| Name | Height | Leaf | Fruit | Region |
| Eastern Flowering Dogwood Cornus florida |
up to 30′ | opposite, tapering to narrow tip, red in autumn | plum-like, bright red, .33″ | Deciduous |
| Western Flowering Dogwood Cornus nuttallii |
20′ – 30′, can be 60′ | opposite, tapered at both ends, sharp tip | plum-like, in cluster, bright red, .33″ | southern Canada |
| Alternate-leaved Dogwood Cornus alternifolia |
25′, often a shrub | alternate, clustered, long slender tip, 3.5″ by 2.25″ | berry-like, round, dark blue, .33″ | Deciduous, Great Lakes – St. Lawrence, Acadian, to southern edge of Boreal |
