Local but usually frequent where it is found. In low woods, usually with pin oak, sweet gum, and cypress. The map shows all reports of this species. The specimen from Porter County appears to be this species and it no doubt will be found along the Kankakee River.

Much like no. 7 [Cornus racemosa Lam.]; shrub 1-3 m; twigs maroon-brown or maroon-black, becoming gray or gray-brown; old bark fissured; lvs green on both sides, scarcely paler beneath; infl flat-topped to more often convex; fr pale blue (white). Swamps and river-banks, in our range confined to the coastal plain; s. Del. to Fla. and Tex., and n. inland to Tenn., s. Ind., s. Ill., se. Mo., Ark., and s. Okla. May, June. (? C. foemina, a doubtful name; Svida s.)

Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

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