Common name
English: Pacific dogwood
German: Nuttalls Blüten-Hartriegel
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Cornales (10)
Family: Cornaceae (4)(family description)
Genus: Cornus (4)
Epithet: nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & A.Gray (1)
nuttallii => in honor of Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859), English botanist and zoologist, who worked in America
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: tree, arborescent
Flower colour: green, white