| Scientific Name: | Cornus nuttallii |
| Common Name: | Pacific dogwood |
| Family Name: | Cornaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. east of Cascades, B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 15 - 22m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Open, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Round |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Native planting, Shade tree, Spring interest, Tall background, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Ciliate, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Spike, White, May |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Multiple fruit, Orange, Red, Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, ovate to obovate, 7-13cm long x 7-9cm wide, 4 or 5 pairs of major veins, apex may have a 1mm sharp point, petiole about 1cm long; flowers tiny, 30-40 in tight half-circle clusters about 2cm wide, surrounded by (4-)6(-8) white (rarely pink) overlapping bracts (compared to 4 in C. florida), most obovate, 4-6cm long x 2.5-4cm wide; drupes in globular clusters, 2-3cm wide, orange to red. Winter ID: twigs with fine grey pubescence; terminal inflorescence buds globular, 4-9mm wide, leaf buds stalked, valvate, conical, ~7mm long. | |