Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Cornales > Cornaceae > Cornus > Cornus nuttalliiCornus nuttallii (Pacific dogwood)Synonyms: Benthamia nuttallii (homotypic); Benthamidia nuttallii (homotypic); Cynoxylon nuttallii (homotypic) Cornus nuttallii (Pacific dogwood, mountain dogwood, Western dogwood, or California dogwood) is a species of dogwood native to western North America from the lowlands of southern British Columbia to the mountains of southern California, with an inland population in central Idaho. Cultivated examples are found as far north as Haida Gwaii. It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree, reaching 10–25 m tall. Cornus nuttallii is named after Thomas Nuttall, an English botanist and zoologist who worked in North America in the nineteenth century. |
| Air Quality Improvement [1] | Low | | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium | | Carbon Capture [1] | Low | | Screening - Summer [2] | Dense | | Screening - Winter [2] | Porous | | Shade Percentage [1] | 83 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Medium-Low | | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium-Low |  | | Bloom Period [2] | Mid Spring | | Drought Tolerance [2] | Low | | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Fire Tolerance [2] | Medium | | Flower Type [3] | Hermaphrodite | | Frost Free Days [2] | 4 months | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | High | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Summer | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | | Growth Form [2] | Multiple Stem | | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer, Fall | | Growth Rate [2] | Moderate | | Leaf Type [3] | Deciduous | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Pollinators [3] | Insects, Lepidoptera | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 12 inches (30 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Moderate | | Seed Vigor [2] | High | | Seeds Per [2] | 5240 / lb (11552 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | | Specific Gravity [4] | 0.62 | | Structure [3] | Tree | | Usage [3] | An intense brown dye is obtained by boiling the bark;
The bark is rich in tannin and has been used as a preservative;
The long slender branches have been used in making baby baskets;
Wood - exceedingly hard, heavy, strong, close grained. It is used for tool handles, cabinet making etc; | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | | Flower Color [2] | Green | | Foliage Color [2] | Green | | Fruit Color [2] | Red | | | Fall Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | Flower Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | Fruit Conspicuous [2] | Yes | | | Height [3] | 33 feet (10 m) | | Width [3] | 23 feet (7 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 7 Low Temperature: 0 F° (-17.8 C°) → 10 F° (-12.2 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 8 Low Temperature: 10 F° (-12.2 C°) → 20 F° (-6.7 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Mostly Shady | | Soil Acidity [2] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [2] | Infertile | | Water Use [1] | Moderate |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 6An Ecological Survey of Endemic MOUNTAIN BEAVERS (Aplodontia rufa)
in California, 1979-83, Dale T. Steele', State of California, THE RESOURCES AGENCY, Department of Fish and Game ♦ 7HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 8New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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