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Sorbus scopulina, also known as Greene's mountain-ash, is a North American species of rowan within the rose family. Although it may resemble poisonous species of baneberries , its own fruits are edible.
The following species are recognised in the genus Sorbus, many of which are called rowans or mountain-ashes: [1] This list follows a narrow definition of genus Sorbus; species that have been moved to the genera Aria, Torminalis, Cormus, Chamaemespilus, Hedlundia, Scandosorbus, Karpatiosorbus, Mayovskya and Normeyera are not listed.
There is only one accepted species, × Amelasorbus jackii, (Jack's amelasorbus) the result of Amelanchier alnifolia × Sorbus scopulina. A specimen was discovered growing in Idaho, and described by Alfred Rehder of the Arnold Arboretum in 1925. [1] Individuals have also been discovered in Oregon.
Sorbus is a genus of over 100 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family, Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus ( s.str. ) are commonly known as rowan or mountain-ash . The genus used to include species commonly known as whitebeam , chequer tree and service tree that are now classified in other genera (see below).
Sorbus sitchensis, commonly known as western mountain ash [1] and Sitka mountain-ash, is a small species of shrub of northwestern North America. Description [ edit ]
Sorbus aucuparia, European mountain-ash; Sorbus scopulina, greene's mountain-ash; Sorbus sitchensis, Sitka mountain-ash; Spiraea betulifolia, white spirea; Spiraea douglasii, Douglas spiraea; Spiraea splendens, rose meadowsweet; Spiraea × pyramidata, pyramidal spiraea; Waldsteinia idahoensis, Idaho barren strawberry
Pages in category "Sorbus" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. ... Sorbus scalaris; Sorbus scopulina; Sorbus sitchensis; Sorbus subg. Sorbus
The rowans (/ ˈ r aʊ ə n z / ROW-ənz or / ˈ r oʊ ə n z / ROH-ənz) [1] or mountain-ashes are shrubs or trees in the genus Sorbus of the rose family, Rosaceae.They are native throughout the cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in the Himalaya, southern Tibet and parts of western China, where numerous apomictic microspecies occur. [2]