General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Broadleaf
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Edible Parts: Fruit
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Awards and Recognitions: Other: Provincial Flower of British Columbia, Canada

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Common names
  • Pacific Dogwood
  • Western Flowering Dogwood
  • Pacific Flowering Dogwood
  • Dogwood
  • Mountain Dogwood

Photo Gallery
Location: Bea's garden
Date: 2022
Uploaded by Toni

photo credit:  Walter Siegmund
Location: Regional Parks Botanic Garden.
Date: April
photo by Stan Shebs
Location: Sherwood, Oregon
Date: 2017-05-06
Location: Pacific dogwood in Redwood Canyon in Sequoia National Park
Date: 2007-10-24
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira
Uploaded by robertduval14
Location: Mountain dogwood (Cornus nuttalli) on Siskiyou Wilderness Devil's Punchbowl Trail
Date: 2009-05-31
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira
Comments:
  • Posted by robertduval14 (Milford, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Sep 24, 2016 7:29 AM concerning plant:
    Provincial flower of British Columbia.
  • Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Aug 4, 2020 3:46 PM concerning plant:
    Range: British Columbia to Southern California; also in western Idaho. Habitat: open or fairly dense forests.

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