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Cornus nuttallii  Audubon
Mountain dogwood,   Pacific dogwood,   Pacific mountain dogwood
Cornus nuttallii is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
Siskiyou Del Norte Modoc Humboldt Shasta Lassen Trinity Plumas Tehama Butte Mendocino Glenn Sierra Yuba Lake Nevada Colusa Placer Sutter El Dorado Yolo Alpine Napa Sonoma Sacramento Mono Amador Solano Calaveras Tuolumne San Joaquin Marin Contra Costa Alameda Santa Cruz Mariposa Madera San Francisco San Mateo Merced Fresno Stanislaus Santa Clara Inyo San Benito Tulare Kings Monterey San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Kern Santa Barbara Ventura Los Angeles Riverside Orange San Diego Imperial
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Genus: Cornus
Family: Cornaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:
PLANTSBenthamidia nuttallii
Information about  Cornus nuttallii from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
This plant is available commercially.
Jepson eFlora

USDA PLANTS Profile (CONU4)

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ID Tips on PlantID.net

[Wikipedia] Description, Distribution: The branches have fine hairs and the young bark is thin and smooth, becoming scale-like with ridges as it ages. The leaves are opposite, simple, oval. They turn orange to purplish in autumn. The flowers commonly bloom twice per season, once in the spring and again in late summer or early fall. The fruit is a compound pink-red or orange drupe about 1 to 1.5 cm. long, in clusters containing 20 to 40 drupelets, each of which contains two seeds. They appear in September or October. Pacific Dogwood in the understory of a forest, showing its typical habit. It occurs from the lowlands of southern British Columbia to the mountains of southern California. There exists an inland population in central Idaho, where it is considered critically imperiled. It occurs predominantly below 1,500 m (4,900 ft) in elevation. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)


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Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/   (Accessed: 12/10/2024).