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Cornouiller de Nuttall
Cornus nuttallii
Pendant occidental du cornouiller fleuri de l'Est — un petit arbre caduc de la côte Pacifique aux branches horizontales étagées et à la couronne arrondie à conique. Ses fleurs printanières spectaculaires sont en réalité un bouquet central serré de minuscules vraies fleurs violet-vert entouré de six grandes bractées pétaloïdes blanches (le cornouiller fleuri de l'Est en compte quatre). Les feuilles elliptiques vert foncé prennent des teintes jaunes à orangées à rouges en automne, et les fruits d'un tiers de pouce mûrissent en rouge ou orange vif nourrissant les oiseaux chanteurs, les écureuils et les cervidés.
Native: 4 US states + 1 CA province
Climate fit: narrow (29/100)
Focal point
Structure
Light
Full sun / Part sun / Part shade
Water
Moderate water
Mature size
180-480" tall · 120" apart
Hardy in zones
7a-9b
cold to frosty winters
AHS heat range
6-11
Plant range authored in AHS heat-zone terms.
Native in Illinois
No
A documented larval host for the Spring azure — caterpillars feed on its foliage before becoming the next generation.
Cold hardiness
Future
These values are location-based: this location's current hardiness is the baseline, and the 2050 value is a projected future climate for this same location.
Now
Zone 6b
USDA
Published baseline for this location from 1991-2020.
Source: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 (1991-2020 climatology) via ArcGIS FeatureServer
Won't grow here
2050
Zone 7a
Plotwright
Projected zone for this same location in 2050 (2041-2070) using SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry).
Marginal
In plain terms: This location is in Zone 6b today. Its hardiness profile is cold winters, and coldest nights are typically around -3°F. By 2050, the projected hardiness zone is Zone 7a based on SSP3-7.0 (regional rivalry). That is a +0.5-zone shift from Zone 6b to Zone 7a by 2050.
✕→⚠
Out of range today, but marginally possible by 2050.
Heat tolerance
Future
Heat tolerance values are location-based too: heat days today are observed at this site, and the 2050 value projects this same location under a future climate.
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Where this plant fits
Suitable across 39 ecoregions — 35 climate-resilient through 2070 · 1 suited today · 3 newly possible by 2070. Best matches first.
Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests
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Appalachian-Blue Ridge forests
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Arizona Mountains forests
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Atlantic coastal pine barrens
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Blue Mountains forests
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Canadian Aspen forests and parklands
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Central Pacific Northwest coastal forests
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Central Tallgrass prairie
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Central-Southern Cascades Forests
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Chilean Matorral
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Sources & citations
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Plotwright. (2026, May 17). Cornouiller de Nuttall (Cornus nuttallii). Retrieved 2026, June 14, from https://plotwright.garden/plants/cornus-nuttallii
Sources for every fact
Every fact on this page traces to a source. 18 fields cited - 18 source-backed.
Missouri Botanical Garden PlantFinder
Botanical research database
Backs 17 fields
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Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database
Botanical research database