Most trees can be easily identified by inspecting their leaves, seed pods, flowers, bark, or shape. ... The bark-covered trunk supports a framework of branches and twigs known as the tree's crown.

Flowering Dogwood grows 20 to 35 feet tall and spreads 25 to 30 feet. It can be trained with one central trunk or as a multi-trunked tree. The flowers consist of four bracts below the small head ...