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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 .
Sorbus domestica L. ... Cormus domestica, commonly known as service tree [2] or sorb tree, is a species of tree native to western, central and southern Europe, ...
The tree species Sorbus americana is commonly known as the American mountain-ash. [4] It is a deciduous perennial tree, native to eastern North America. [5]The American mountain-ash and related species (most often the European mountain-ash, Sorbus aucuparia) are also referred to as rowan trees.
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]
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.
Sorbus commixta is grown as an ornamental tree, hardy in zones 5-9. It grows best in moist, well-drained soil, in full sun. A number of cultivars have been selected, the most popular being 'Embley' (with fastigiate branching) and 'Serotina' (flowering later in early summer). [3] '
Sorbus decora, commonly known as the northern mountain ash, [1] showy mountain-ash, [2] Greenland mountain-ash, and dogberry, is a species of deciduous shrub or very small tree native to northeastern North America.
Aria edulis, the whitebeam or common whitebeam, [2] is a species of deciduous tree in the family Rosaceae.. The tree often forms new shoots around the trunk. Typically compact and domed, the plant has a few upswept branches and the leaves have an almost-white underside.