Cornus sericea Red-osier Dogwood (used to be called Cornus stolonifera) is a very abundant shrub here in the Boreal Forest growing from open to wooded sites. Flowers begin early summer/late spring and continue through to serious frost. Berries ripen beginning late summer. The berries are tasty but bitter- I just nibble a few here and there while I'm outside--bitter plant foods are supposed to have health benefits and the greater variety of plant foods you eat, the better, for all the multitude of compounds they contain. Birds obviously love the berries, spreading the seeds far and wide, and moose love to munch on the stems-- rare to find a plant that hasn't been heavily pruned. They grow a metre or two tall, usually, they can grow a few metres where they sprawl among larger shrubs or against tree trunks and/or when they manage to escape moose browsing! Fall colour is excellent, ghostly pale in shady spots, blazing deep colours on exposed plants.

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