Floating is a photograph by Connie Handscomb which was uploaded on April 29th, 2015.
Title
Floating
Artist
Connie Handscomb
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Fine Art
Description
Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood
Family : Cornaceae
The stretch of Pacific Coast from Vancouver Island through to San Diego is home to a flowering tree, the Pacific Dogwood - which is also the floral emblem of the province in Canada I live in (British Columbia). This is not the Pacific Dogwood; I believe this is the Cornus florida since the shape of the flower and petals are quite different to our Cornus nuttallii - named, incidentally, after a friend of James Audobon: Thomas Nuttall. The Pacific dogwood flowers, called bracts, are white and pink-tinged.
The dogwood is used frequently as an ornamental landscape tree, and since it is used ornamentally where I live, finding out the hardwood is used for many things surprised me: golf clubs, shuttles, and piano keys; also bows, arrow, harpoon shafts, and knitting needles.
The bark is high in tannic acid, and indigenous peoples made a tea from the bark for fevers.
In autumn, small multi-seeded fruits appear which can be used for jam (something else I wasn't aware of).
The dogwood blooms I have usually captured have been quite vibrant; this particular one was in a quiet mood.
Sources:
The Encyclopedia of North American Trees [S. Benvie]
Plants of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland [C.Vaner]
Flowering Shrubs : A Gardener's Guide [Negus; Strong]
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Taken in natural light ; Undedited; Uncropped, : Nature in all its natural splendour.
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♥ Heartfelt Gratitude to FAA groups for featuring this image :
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Uploaded
April 29th, 2015
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