Saturday, February 13, 2010

TODAY'S FLOWERS ..The Pacific Dogwood (Cornus Nuttallii)

Posted by MAKMU ta On Saturday, February 13, 2010 No comments

TODAY'S FLOWERS from around the world
can be viewed here:
http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/
Dogwood - cornus Nuttali


A salute to British Columbia and 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver Canada!
The Pacific Dogwood (Cornus Nuttallii) was adopted as
British Columbia's floral emblem in 1956.
It is a small tree that grows 6 to 8 metres (20 to 30 feet) in height.
Leaves are dark green on the upper side, lighter on the underside and the blooms appear
from April to June and sometimes again in the fall.
30-40 small cream to greenish flowers are arranged in clusters and are surrounded by four to six large pointed, tal-like bracts.
In autumn, the Dogwood is conspicuous for its clusters of bright red or orange berries.


Der Nuttalls Blüten-Hartriegel ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung der Hartriegel (Cornus).
Er wächst in den feuchten Nadelwäldern an der Pazifikküste Nordamerikas.
Manchmal auch Pazifischer Blüten-Hartriegel genannt, wird er gelegentlich
wegen seiner dekorativen Blütenstände als Ziergehölz kultiviert.
Der botanische Name bezieht sich auf Thomas Nuttall,
der diese Pflanzenart am Columbia River sammelte und an Audubon Society weitergab.
Später wurde die Pflanze in seinem Buch Birds of America erwähnt.


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sources: wikipedia, E Flora BC: Electronic Atlas http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/eflora/ collage by guild-rez 2010Posted by Picasa

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