Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Rosales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sorbus aucuparia ssp. aucuparia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorbus aucuparia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sorbus aucuparia
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Sorbus aucuparia
INCLUDED WITHIN Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pyrus aucuparia
COMMON NAME:
European Mountain-ash, Rowan
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Zelimir Borzan, University of Zagreb, Bugwood.org bug_1379054
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L.H. / USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_soau_005_lhd
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JK Marlow jkm0407o_30
July Haywood County NC
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JK Marlow jkm0407o_32
July Haywood County NC
A small, widely planted European tree which occasionally naturalizes, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Gil Wojciech, Polish Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org bug_1261144
Month Unknown
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Tom DeGomez, University of Arizona, Bugwood.org bug_5390022
Month Unknown
Leaves with 11-15 bluntly pointed hairy leaflets, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
COMPARE
pinnately compound leaves of trees
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Tom DeGomez, University of Arizona, Bugwood.org bug_5390024
Month Unknown
Flowers white, 1/3" across, malodorous, borne in 3-5" flat-topped corymbs, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Dirr, 1975+).
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Robert Vidéki, Doronicum Kft., Bugwood.org bug_5399767
Month Unknown
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Boris Hrasovec, Faculty of Forestry, Bugwood.org bug_9008001
Month Unknown
Fruit an orange pome, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sorbus aucuparia ssp. aucuparia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sorbus aucuparia
FAMILY
Rosaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sorbus aucuparia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Sorbus aucuparia
INCLUDED WITHIN
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Pyrus aucuparia
1443
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, rarely cultivated, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: northern Europe
Waif(s)
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Odd-pinnately compound: 11-15 leaflets
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Radially symmetrical
5 united sepals
5 petals
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Orange-red
Pome
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p073
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p11
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p334