Can anyone identify this? It has dark burgundy colored oval leaves, and tiny white or light pink flowers that I think only appear during the spring. The leaves completely fall off this in the fall. This is a picture from today, so the leaves have not fully come out for the spring. Thank you in advance for any responses.
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The flowers have five petals, so this is not Cornus florida (Flowering dogwood).
This is from genus Prunus.
It seems to me that tree is not so big and the flowers are not as large as those of Prunus cerasifera Nigra www.alamy.com/
so I think this is a Purpleleaf Sand Cherry / dwarf red-leaf plum (Prunus × cistena) www.arborday.org/
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This is Cornus Florida- better known as Flowering Dogwood (tree). These trees start with buds, flowers, and finishing with leaves. There are a few types of Dogwood trees, varying from white flowers, with green leaves, pink flowers, reddish leaves, and a few others.
We had a Japanese maple that looked a lot like that
It is difficult to properly identify your tree/shrub without several close-up pictures and also where you are located (USDA Zone).
There are several shrubs/trees that look very similar to your tree but I think you could cut off a small/medium-size branch and take it to your local Ace or TrueValue hardware store and ask for help. I use these stores because they seem to have very knowledgeable employees who always take their time helping anyone with a problem.
You can also ask your county extension office for help as they know what types of plants are blooming in your area.
They will need several close-ups to be able to help you.
There are some free plant identification apps that will help, if you're interested in downloading one of them to your phone:
backgarden.org/
plant.id/
PlantNet.
iNaturalist.
PlantSnap.
PictureThis.
FlowerChecker.
Garden Compass.
Agrobase.
Plantix.
SmartPlant.
Leafsnap.
Plantifier.
iPflanzen
I have a Sand Cherry Bush and it looks like that's what you have.
I also made out the five petals of the flowers.
This is a purple leaf sand cherry (hybrid), because leaves of sand cherry are not dark burgundy colored. 'Leaves are simple and alternate.
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