Included in this key are only those species found in the area surveyed at Buttermilk Falls State Park.
 

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Vascular Plants of the Gorge at
Buttermilk Falls State Park (Ithaca, NY)

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Dogwoods
These plants are unarmed; leaves are neither lobed nor
compound; leaves are distributed two per node (opposite); leaves
are egg- or elliptic shaped, and edges of the leaves are untoothed.
Flowers are small, white, in flat to convex inflorescences.

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Leaves usually have 3 to 5 veins.
Leaves are smooth above.
 Fruits are white.
(Gray dogwood)
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Leaves usually have 6 to 8 veins.
Leaves are rough above.
Fruits are pale blue.
(Round-leaved dogwood)
   

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