Cornus californica

Identification

Genus: Cornus Species: californica Variety: None Cultivar: None
Common name: California Dogwood.
 

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Description

A little redstem dogwood that gives great fall color in most of California, Bigger leaves on a smaller plant. Part shade and regular water. If you want to get a headache, seek out McMinn's Illustrated Shrubs of California and look up Cornus. McMinn divided stolonifera into a number of species' and varieties'; unfortunately, the plants in the wild usually have some characteristics of two or more of these. (The hairs under the leaf, short and straight is stoloniflera,long curly or bent is californica, I guess he was seeing something we don't, as every leaf seems to have a spectrum of hairs. Sounds furry.) This is not the big flowering plant that lives in the California Sierras, that is Cornus nuttallii, www.laspilitas.com/plants/219.htm.

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Characteristics

Cornus californica California Dogwood tolerates sand and seasonal flooding.
Cornus californica California Dogwood is great for a bird garden.
Cornus californica California Dogwood's foliage color is silver and type is deciduous.
Cornus californica California Dogwood's flower color is white.

Communities

Communities for Cornus californica California Dogwood:Mixed-evergreen Forest and Riparian (rivers & creeks).

Ranges for Cornus californica

ph: 5.00 to 7.50
usda: 7 to 10
height[m]: 1.00 to 3.00
width[m]: 1.00 to 3.00
rainfall[cm]: 80.00 to 300.00

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