{"id":29,"date":"2026-10-06T01:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2026-10-06T01:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T01:17:20","slug":"flowering-dogwood","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/flowering-dogwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowering Dogwood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You found the Flowering Dogwood!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of 15 trees in the PBIO Tree Hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cornus florida \u2014 \ud83e\udd2f Those famous white dogwood \u201cpetals\u201d aren\u2019t petals at all\u2014they are modified leaves surrounding the tiny true flowers. Mature trees also develop alligator-like bark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where it grows: look for it in the natural woods around campus \u2014 The Ridges, Baker Preserve, and Strouds Run \u2014 typically in the shaded understory and along forest edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Claim your find: snap a photo with your magnet and post it publicly. Tag us \u2014 @PBIO_OhioU on X or Environmental and Plant Biology at Ohio University on LinkedIn \u2014 and add #PBIOTreeHunt. The magnet is yours to keep! Brought to you by OHIO Environmental and Plant Biology \u2014 https:\/\/www.ohio.edu\/cas\/plant-biology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You found the Flowering Dogwood! One of 15 trees in the PBIO Tree Hunt. Cornus florida \u2014 \ud83e\udd2f Those famous white dogwood \u201cpetals\u201d aren\u2019t petals at all\u2014they are modified leaves surrounding the tiny true flowers. Mature trees also develop alligator-like bark. Where it grows: look for it in the natural woods around campus \u2014 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ohio.edu\/alptekin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}