Wildlife

Pacific or Nuttall’s dogwood

Cornus nuttallii
Habitat
Sandy River, OR
Conservation
Imperiled

Lewis did not collect Pacific Dogwood, but described it by comparing it to the familiar Flowering Dogwood of the east.

Journal References

1 journal entry mentions Pacific or Nuttall’s dogwood

Apr 5 1806
Lewis: April 5, 1806
...allarmed by a person and once compelled to leave them. The dogwood grows abundantly on the uplands in this neighbourhood. it differs from that of the United States ...

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