Taxon: Cornus sericea L. subsp. occidentalis (Torr. & A. Gray) Fosberg

See other conspecific taxa:

• Cornus sericea (1 accessions)
• Cornus sericea subsp. sericea (17 accessions)

Common names:

• western dogwood   (Source: Trees US [as C. occidentalis]) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental; revegetator; shade/shelter   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed13)
  
• Animal food: fodder   (fide NRCS Cons Pl Mat 1999)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: United States - Alaska
  Western Canada: Canada - British Columbia
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Idaho, Montana [w.], Oregon, Washington
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California, Nevada

References:

• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13) [= C. occidentalis].
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [= C. occidentalis].
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
• Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. (Trees US) [= C. occidentalis].
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada) [= C. sericea fa. occidentalis].

Synonyms:

• (≡) Cornus occidentalis (Torr. & A. Gray) Coville
  
• (≡) Cornus sericea var. occidentalis Torr. & A. Gray (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Cornus stolonifera var. occidentalis (Torr. & A. Gray) C. L. Hitchc.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other databases for Cornus sericea L. subsp. occidentalis (Torr. & A. Gray) Fosberg:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Cornus sericea subsp. occidentalis cultivars

Check other databases for images:

• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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