Editing Cornus florida (section)

== Historical uses ==
Native Americans used the bark and roots in a remedy for [[malaria]]; a red dye was also extracted from the roots.<ref>{{cite book|last=Little|first=Elbert L.|title=The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region|publisher=Knopf|location=New York|year=1980|isbn=0-394-50760-6|page=616}}</ref> The species has been used in the production of inks, [[Scarlet (color)|scarlet]] dyes, and as a [[quinine]] substitute. The hard, dense wood has been used for products such as [[golf club]] heads, [[mallets]], wooden rake teeth, tool handles, jeweler's boxes and butcher's blocks.<ref>{{cite book | last = Petrides | first = George A. | name-list-style = vanc | date = 1972 | title = A field guide to trees and shrubs; field marks of all trees, shrubs, and woody vines that grow wild in the northeastern and north-central United States and in southeastern and south-central Canada. | series = The Peterson field guide series | volume = 11 | location = Boston | publisher = Houghton Mifflin | page = 106 }}</ref><ref name = "Cappiello_2005">{{cite book | vauthors = Cappiello P, Shadow D | date = 2005 | title = Dogwoods: The Genus ''Cornus.'' | location = Portland | publisher = Timber Press }}</ref>{{rp|100}} It was used to treat dogs with [[mange]], which may be how it got its name.<ref name="nc">{{cite web |title=State Flower--Dogwood |url=http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/collateral/articles/Dogwood.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720234252/http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/collateral/articles/Dogwood.pdf |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |access-date=April 7, 2012 |publisher=North Carolina Museum of History}}</ref> The red berries are not edible, despite some rumors otherwise.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eattheplanet.org/dogwood-tree-flowers-fruit/|title=Dogwood Tree - Beautiful Flowers, Unique Fruits|date=2017-01-11|website=Eat The Planet|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-26}}</ref>

In 1915, 40 dogwood saplings were donated by the U.S. to [[Japan]] in the 1912–1915 exchange of flowers between [[Tokyo]] and [[Washington, D.C.]] While the [[cherry blossom]] trees survived the ensuing sour relations of these two countries and are the main feature of the [[National Cherry Blossom Festival]], all dogwood trees in Tokyo died except the one that had been planted in an agriculture high school. In 2012, the U.S. sent 3,000 dogwood saplings to [[Japan]] to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Washington, D.C., cherry trees given as a gift to the U.S. by Japan in 1912.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120117a7.html |title=U.S. eyes 3,000 dogwoods for 'sakura' anniversary. The Japan Times. Posted: Jan. 17, 2012 |date=January 17, 2012 |publisher=Japantimes.co.jp |access-date=March 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713033153/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120117a7.html |archive-date=July 13, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2012/05/01/151795110/dogwood-diplomacy-u-s-to-send-japan-3-000-trees |title='Dogwood Diplomacy:' U.S. To Send Japan 3,000 Trees. NPR. |date=May 1, 2012 |publisher=www.npr.org |access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref>