Is a flowering dogwood common in central Indiana?
Native throughout Indiana and widely planted as an ornamental in central Indiana; dogwood anthracnose has been confirmed in Indiana but powdery mildew, borer, and plain site stress do most of the damage here, unlike the Appalachian corridor where anthracnose drove the epidemic. If the spot is full sun on stripped clay, kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa) or a florida-by-kousa hybrid is the more durable replant than another Cornus florida.
Why that matters for tree work
Flowering dogwood is a forest understory tree that got planted in full-sun subdivision lawns, and most of what looks like disease is really site failure. The classic central Indiana call is "it bloomed beautifully for eight years and now half of it is dead," and the cause is usually mower and trimmer damage at the base, compacted clay, and no afternoon shade rather than any single pathogen.
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