Dogwood

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Zombie's Worst Friend

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Dogwood
Slows zombies in his lanes by barking at them. Is especially frightening to other dogs. Chonky!
Sun cost	4
Rarity	Epic
Type	Scrapper Tree
Health	4000
Slow Effect	50%
Range	4 tiles
Cooldown	25s
Dogwood is part St. Firnard, part Pineranian, a bit of Oaker Spaniel, and all "Who's a Good Boy?"
Plant Food
Howling Mad
Stun Duration	4s
Unleashes a howl that stuns all zombies in both his lanes.
Tacobility
Beware of Dog
Bite Damage	120
Attack Speed	0s
Damage per Second	0
Bites zombies as well as barking. His bite is worse than his bark!

Dogwood is an Epic Support Tree plant introduced in Plants vs. Zombies 3. He barks at zombies to slow them down, as well as neutralizing Dog Walkers.

About

Dogwood is the first Tree the player obtains, being unlocked after beating Floor 9 of Devour Tower.

He costs 4 sun and barks at any nearby zombies, slowing them down in any nearby zombie in any of the lanes he occupies. He is also able to make Dog Walkers turn around and leave the lawn after they attack Dogwood once.

Being a Tree, he occupies two tiles vertically, can't be moved or stolen, and can block off flying zombies.

Origins

Dogwood is based on the dogwood, any of about 30–60 species of woody plants from the genus Cornus in the family Cornaceae; and the dog (Canis lupus familiaris), a subspecies of the wolf. Dogwood's name and canine appearance in a pun on the plant and animal he's based on.

The species of dogwood that Dogwood most resembles is the flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), a species of dogwood native to eastern North America and northern Mexico, more specifically Dogwood resembles the "Amerika Touch-O-Pink" dogwood, a cultivar of the Florida flowering dogwood (Cornus florida subsp. florida) subspecies known for its bright pink flower petals, due to Dogwood's bright pink "fur".

The dog breed that Dogwood most resembles is the poodle, due to the fact that its "fur" is most prominent on the tips of his "ears" and "tail" as many poodles are portrayed with. Like Dogwood, many poodles in fiction and real life have also been shown with pink fur.

Dogwood's almanac entry contains many puns and portmanteaus of dog breeds and tree species; namely: St. Bernard and fir, pine and Pomeranian, and oak and Cocker Spaniel. Weirdly, there is no poodle.

His splash screen description is a reference to the term "man's best friend," a tag usually given to dogs due to their history with humans, with "man" changed to "Zombie," and the "best" changed to "Worst", referring to the fact that it is against zombies.

Almanac Entry

Note: The stats shown below only apply to level 1.

Dogwood
Earthy Epic
Support Tree Dirt-Guard Sneak-Guard Air-Guard
Slows zombies in his lanes by barking at them. Is especially frightening to other dogs. Chonky! 4 Health 4,000 Slow Effect 50% Range 4 tiles Cooldown 25 s Effective against:
Dogwood is part St. Firnard, part Pineranian, a bit of Oaker Spaniel, and all "Who's a Good Boy?"

Upgrades

Plant Food effect

Dogwood's Plant Food ability is named Howling Mad, Dogwood will unleash a loud howl which stuns all zombies on screen for a brief amount of time.

Tacobility

Dogwood's Tacobility is named Beware of Dog, Dogwood will now be able to attack zombies that get too close by biting them.

Gallery

Dogwood's seed packet

Dogwood's introduction

Dogwood's tacobility appearance

Old

Dogwood's seed packet

Dogwood's initial planting appearance(Old, Removed)

Dogwood's normal appearance(Old)

Trivia

• He originally increased the amount of damage zombies took from attacks.

See also

• Gravitree (Plants vs. Zombies 3)