by Craig R. Hibben One of America's favorite native ornamentals has been under siege. A virulent fungal disease has cause dieback and mortality in two of our indigenous dogwoods, flowering dogwood

Paul Pecknold, Gail Ruhl, and Karen Rane Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue University Introduction Dogwood anthracnose is a potentially devastating fungal disease that has been inf

Plants Affected Dogwood anthracnose can affect all flowering dogwood species. The following list is presented in most susceptible to least susceptible: Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttalii), flowering do

Flowering and Pacific dogwoods (Cornus florida and C. nuttallii) are important components of the forest understory, as well as being valued for their natural beauty. Dogwood fruits are a valuable food

Dogwood anthracnose is a disease of flowering and Pacific dogwood (Cornus florida and C. nuttallii). Infection of Pacific dogwood has been reported from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia