Wildlife
Pacific or Nuttall’s dogwood
Cornus nuttallii
Habitat
Sandy River, OR
Conservation
Imperiled
First Observed
1806-04-01
Lewis did not collect Pacific Dogwood, but described it by comparing it to the familiar Flowering Dogwood of the east.
Journal References
4 journal entries mention Pacific or Nuttall’s dogwood
Apr
21
1805
Missouri River near Yellowstone approach — John Ordway: April 21, 1805
...oted
the red bearberry, the silky cornel, and the red-osier dogwood.
3 Lewis supposes its name to have been given because of the great quantities
of alkali salts along...
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 ...
Apr
6
1806
Portaging Cascades of the Columbia upstream — Patrick Gass: April 6, 1806
...ds. The timber is mostly of the fir kind, with some
cherry, dogwood, soft maple and ash; and a variety of shrubs
which bear fruit of fine flavour, that the natives mak...
Sep
18
1806
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
...i and Columbia
Trivers, 127, 257
Dog river, see Chien river
Dogwood, 211
Dogs, as diet, 163
Dogs, Indian, see Indian dogs
Du Bois (or Du Beau) creek, 9
Du Bois river, ...