Determined according to the botanical keys provided by Micevski and Matevski, in Micevski (2010) to species level and Ball in Tutin et al. (1968) to subspecies level,
Lifeform: Perennial, large shrub or small tree; Microphanerophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution:Cornus sanguinea L. is native from Europe to Lebanon and Caucasus; Cornus sanguinea L. subsp. sanguinea is native from Europe to Turkey according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: River gorges, near rivers in riparian vegetation, shrublands, woods, edges and clearings of forests, roadsides.
Flowering period: Spring- early summer: MAY, JUN.
Cornus sanguinea – habit during flowering. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – habit during flowering. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – habit during flowering. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – inflorescences. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – inflorescence. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – inflorescence. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – flowers. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – flowers. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – flowers. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – twig. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – abaxial side of leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – abaxial side of leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 15.05.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – habit during fruiting. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – habit during fruiting. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – habit during fruiting. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – habit during fruiting. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – habit during fruiting. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – habit during fruiting. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – branches with fruits. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – branches with fruits. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – branches with fruits. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – branches with fruits. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – fruits. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – fruits. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – fruits. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – fruits. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – abaxial side of leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – abaxial side of leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – abaxial side of leaf. Hilly region near village of Beli, 13.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – habit. Hilly region near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – flowers. Hilly region near village of Beli, 24.05.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – habit during fruiting. Hilly region near village of Beli, 21.09.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – branches with fruits. Hilly region near village of Beli, 21.09.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – branches with fruits. Hilly region near village of Beli, 21.09.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea– unripe fruits. Hilly region near village of Beli, 21.09.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – ripe fruits. Hilly region near village of Beli, 21.09.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Cornus sanguinea – fruits. Hilly region near village of Beli, 21.09.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Cornus L. (Incl. Chamaepericlymenum Hill, Swida Opiz, Thelycrania (Dumort.) Fourr.). Ball, P.W. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1968). Flora Europaea. Volume 2: Rosaceae to Umbelliferae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 313 – 314.
Cornus L. Micevski, K. and Matevski, V. in Micevski, K (2005). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 6. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, pp. 1526 – 1527.
