Read more: How To Help Your Trees That Aren't Supplying Fruit? Kousa dogwoods are native to Asia. Despite the fact they are now all over the U.S., this type of dogwood was first introduced as a ...

While as many as 60 species of trees and shrubs are in the genus Cornus, the most common locally are our native flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) and the nonnative kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa).