Cornus sericea
Zones: 2–7 | Height: 8–12 ft | Spread: 6–12 ft
Growth Rate: Fast | Light: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil: Tolerates wet, loamy, and clay soils
Wildlife Value: Year-Round Browse, Cover & Soft Mast
The Red Osier Dogwood is a fast-growing native shrub that brings serious value to a whitetail property. Known for its highly palatable browse, dense growth, and ability to thrive in tough conditions, Red Osier can turn wet areas, low ground, and woodland edges into productive wildlife habitat.
Whitetails readily browse its stems and foliage, providing an additional natural food source throughout the year and especially during the fall and winter months when other forage becomes limited.
Highly attractive natural browse for whitetails
Provides year-round food and habitat value
Dense growth creates additional screening and security cover
Fast growing and extremely cold hardy
Performs well in wet and low-lying areas
Tolerates partial shade, loamy soils, and clay soils
Produces soft mast utilized by birds and other wildlife
Excellent for bedding edges, travel corridors, wet areas, and natural screens
Not every acre of your property is suited for a food plot, and it doesn't need to be.
Red Osier Dogwood thrives in areas that can otherwise be difficult to manage, including wet ground, drainage areas, woodland edges, and partially shaded locations. Plant shrubs approximately 4–6 feet apart to create thicker screens, browse areas, or natural habitat transitions.
Protect young shrubs from excessive browse during establishment and provide adequate water throughout the first growing season when necessary.
The best properties provide more than destination food. They offer natural browse, security, bedding cover, and diverse food sources throughout the landscape.
Red Osier Dogwood helps create that diversity while putting underutilized areas of your property to work.
More browse. More cover. Better habitat.
THIS IS YOUR LAND.
