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Cornus canadensis

Perennial

HomePerennialCornus canadensis

Coniferous woods, thickets and damp clearings in peaty soils.

Family: Cornaceae
Height: 0.3 m / 1 ft
Sun, Semi-shade
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 4 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 2 of 5
Other Uses: 2 of 5

Native Habitat

Creeping Dogwood, Bunchberry dogwood, Bunchberry Cornus canadensis native habitat is Coniferous woods, thickets and damp clearings in peaty soils.

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw or cooked. Pleasant but without much flavour. The fruits are rather dry a bit gummy and rather mealy but they have a pleasant slightly sweet flavour, though they are not the type of fruit I would like to eat raw in quantity. They can be added to breakfast cereals or used for making jams, pies, puddings etc. An excellent ingredient for steamed plum puddings. High in pectin, so it can be used with pectin-low fruits when making jam. Pectin is said to protect the body against radiation. The fruit is about 6mm in diameter and is borne in small clusters on top of the plants.

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