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As treated in its broad sense, the genus is divided into two main and three or four small subgenera: Sorbus (Sorbus). now genus Sorbus s.s., are commonly known as the rowan (primarily in the UK) or mountain-ash (in Ireland, North America and the UK), with compound leaves usually hairless or thinly hairy below; fruit carpels not fused; the type is Sorbus aucuparia (European rowan).
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 ...
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 sambucifolia is a species of rowan native to Korea, northern and central Japan, Russian Far East and Alaska. [1] References This page was last edited on 20 ...
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]
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.
Griffitharia lanata, commonly known as hairy rowan, is a species of deciduous tree in the family Rosaceae. [1]It measures 10–12 metres (33–39 ft) tall, rarely a shrub.