2. Pacific Dogwood

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Glorious floral beauty makes dogwoods beloved trees. This native species is both supremely lovely and dreadfully scourged by disease. A straight, smooth-barked "sculptural" trunk radiates tiers of ascending branches tipped by creamy flowers in April, that often blossom again in late summer or fall. The four-trunked specimen we've singled out is probably the largest of many of campus. It shows that the species is not only handsome, but can make much wood, which is extremely hard, pink, and split-prone, so has limited, specialized uses. For another dogwood see Eastern Dogwood.

Pictured below: Map showing geographic range of Pacific Dogwood.

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