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Back Yard Safari - White Dogwood

Missouri designated the flowering dogwood (Cornus Florida L.) as the official state arboreal emblem (state tree) in 1955. The four showy dogwood flower petals aren’t actually petals as botanists define them. The dogwood petals instead are modified leaves called bracts .

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Uploaded on April 13, 2021
Taken on April 11, 2021