Index / Search / Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis
§1 Plant
Cornus sericea L. ssp. occidentalis (Torr. & A. Gray) Fosberg
vernacular western dogwood — subspecies · Cornaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Cornaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Cornus
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 85 counties across 5 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- Medium
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -35 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 18–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.8–7.5
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 16 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 15 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- White
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 18,500
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 85 counties across 5 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Alameda 06001
- Contra Costa 06013
- Del Norte 06015
- El Dorado 06017
- Glenn 06021
- Humboldt 06023
- Lake 06033
- Los Angeles 06037
- Marin 06041
- Mendocino 06045
- Monterey 06053
- Napa 06055
- Nevada 06057
- Plumas 06063
- Riverside 06065
- San Benito 06069
- San Bernardino 06071
- San Diego 06073
- San Francisco 06075
- San Luis Obispo 06079
- San Mateo 06081
- Santa Barbara 06083
- Santa Clara 06085
- Santa Cruz 06087
- Shasta 06089
- Siskiyou 06093
- Solano 06095
- Sonoma 06097
- Tehama 06103
- Trinity 06105
Idaho view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Asotin 53003
- Chelan 53007
- Clallam 53009
- Clark 53011
- Columbia 53013
- Cowlitz 53015
- Ferry 53019
- Grant 53025
- Grays Harbor 53027
- Island 53029
- King 53033
- Kittitas 53037
- Klickitat 53039
- Lewis 53041
- Mason 53045
- Okanogan 53047
- Pacific 53049
- Pend Oreille 53051
- Pierce 53053
- San Juan 53055
- Skagit 53057
- Skamania 53059
- Snohomish 53061
- Spokane 53063
- Stevens 53065
- Thurston 53067
- Wahkiakum 53069
- Whatcom 53073
- Whitman 53075
- Yakima 53077
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/COSEO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3663330 ↗Record version
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