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The Pacific Dogwood Cornus nuttallii (syn. Benthamidia nuttallii) is a species of dogwood native to western North America from southern British Columbia south to California. It is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree, reaching 10-25 m tall.


The leaves are opposite, simple oval, 8-12 cm long and 5-8 cm broad. The flowers are individually small and inconspicuous, 2-3 mm across, produced in a dense, rounded, greenish-white flowerhead 2 cm diameter; the 4-8 large white "petals" are actually bracts, each bract 4-7 cm long and broad. The fruit is a compound pink-red berry about 3 cm diameter, containing 50-100 small seeds; it is edible, though not very palatable.

It is the provincial flower of British Columbia, and is protected by law there.

Like the related Flowering Dogwood, it is very susceptible to dogwood anthracnose, a disease caused by the fungus Discula destructiva. This has killed many of the larger plants in the wild and also restricts its use as an ornamental tree.

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