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| BUNCHBERRY FLOWER |
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| MAT OF BUNCHBERRY IN BLOOM |
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| BUNCHBERRY FRUIT (Google photo) |
Monday, 8:00 AM. 55 degrees F at the ferry dock and on the back porch. Wind ENE, calm with light gusts. The sky is cloudy with a high overcast, the humidity 95% after a quarter of an inch of rain last night. The barometer stands at 30.01"and is falling, predicting more rain for Wednesday
Bunchberry, AKA dwarf cornel, Cornus canadensis, in the Dogwood Family, is a circumpolar plant of damp coniferous forests. It is a woody sub-shrub that grows less than a foot tall and spreads by stolens into large mats.
In the right habitat it makes a fine ground cover. Its white flowers are much like the flowering dogwood of the South, but smaller, and the edible red berries are very similar. Fall leaf color is purple to red. Cornus species berries are edible; and one, Cornus mas, cornelean cherry, an Asiatic shrub, has berries very good for jams and jellies.
There is a very large colony of bunchberry growing along a side road off of Highway K. in Bayfield County. This would be a good plant for more nurseries to grow.
In the right habitat it makes a fine ground cover. Its white flowers are much like the flowering dogwood of the South, but smaller, and the edible red berries are very similar. Fall leaf color is purple to red. Cornus species berries are edible; and one, Cornus mas, cornelean cherry, an Asiatic shrub, has berries very good for jams and jellies.
There is a very large colony of bunchberry growing along a side road off of Highway K. in Bayfield County. This would be a good plant for more nurseries to grow.
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