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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.
Green’s mountain ash (S. scopulina) is native to the mountains from Alaska to California, and east to the Rocky Mountains and Northern Great Plains. It grows as a multi-stemmed shrub that is ...
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 ]
Greene's mountain-ash fruit: Sorbus scopulina: Hall crabapple: Malus halliana: ... Melons are good examples of this. ... Western juniper berry:
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]
If your soil is acidic (lower than 6.5) and you want to neutralize it, wood ash is a good way to raise the pH. “Think of wood ash as an alternative to lime ,” McKinley says. 2.
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.
Sorbus aria: Central and southern Europe: Berries, edible raw once overripe [30] Rowan, Mountain-ash: Sorbus aucuparia: Native to most of Europe except for the far south, and northern Asia: Berries (August to November), bitter, but can be cooked to form a jelly, or used as a flavouring [31] Wild service-tree: Sorbus torminalis