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Sorbus is a genus of over 100 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family, Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus ( s.l. ) are commonly known as whitebeam , rowan , mountain-ash and service tree .
Rowan is used as a food plant by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species; see Lepidoptera that feed on Sorbus. Mature European rowan tree The best-known species is the European rowan Sorbus aucuparia , a small tree typically 4–12 metres (13–39 ft) tall growing in a variety of habitats throughout northern Europe and in mountains in southern ...
Sorbus arachnoidea Koehne; Sorbus arvonensis Sell [2] Sorbus aucuparia L. Sorbus bissetii McAll. Sorbus bulleyana McAll. Sorbus californica Greene; Sorbus carmesina McAll. Sorbus cashmiriana Hedl. Sorbus cibagouensis H.Peng & Z.J.Yin; Sorbus cinereopubescens McAll. Sorbus commixta Hedl. Sorbus coxii McAll. Sorbus decora (Sarg.) C.K.Schneid ...
Sorbus domestica var. serotina Risso Sorbus syrmiensis Kit. Cormus domestica , commonly known as service tree [ 2 ] or sorb tree , is a species of tree native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa ( Atlas Mountains ), and southwest Asia (east to the Caucasus ).
Sorbus aucuparia, commonly called rowan (/ ˈ r oʊ ən /, [3] also UK: / ˈ r aʊ ən /) and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family. The tree has a slender trunk with smooth bark, a loose and roundish crown, and its leaves are pinnate in pairs of leaflets on a central vein with a terminal leaflet.
Plant mountain ash in late fall or very early spring while the plant is dormant. Dig a hole about twice as wide as the root ball or container and about the same depth as the root ball.
Sorbus americana is cultivated as an ornamental tree, for use in gardens and parks. It prefers a rich moist soil and the borders of swamps, but will flourish on rocky hillsides. A cultivar is the red cascade mountain-ash, or Sorbus americana 'Dwarfcrown'. It is planted in gardens, and as a street tree. [11]
Torminalis is a genus of plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. [2] The genus was formerly included within the genus Sorbus as the section Torminaria, but the simple-leafed species traditionally classified in Sorbus are now considered to form a separate monophyletic group. [3]