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Sorbus aucuparia L.
European mountain ash

       
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Photo of Sorbus aucuparia L.
Herman, D.E., et al. 1996. North Dakota tree handbook. USDA NRCS ND State Soil Conservation Committee; NDSU Extension and Western Area Power Administration, Bismarck. Courtesy of ND State Soil Conservation Committee. Provided by USDA NRCS ND State Office. United States, ND. Usage Requirements.
 
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Sorbus aucuparia L.

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Synonyms:
Sorbus aucuparia L.

  PYAU Pyrus aucuparia (L.) Gaertn.
  SOAUX2 Sorbus aucuparia L. var. xanthocarpa Hartwig & Rümpler
 

Distribution:
Sorbus aucuparia L.

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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AK, CA, CT, DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, UT, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Sorbus aucuparia L.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 18 species in Sorbus
 

Classification:
Sorbus aucuparia L.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Rosales
Family Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus Sorbus L. – mountain ash
Species Sorbus aucuparia L. – European mountain ash
 

Introduced Information:
Sorbus aucuparia L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Sorbus aucuparia L.

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Quinlan, S.E., and S. Cuccarese. 2004. Native Alaskan and exotic plants used by wildlife(http://www.wildlife.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=birds.plants, 4 April 2005). Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Anchorage.

 

More Accounts and Images:
Sorbus aucuparia L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25320.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

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Sorbus aucuparia L.

Floridata: horticultural abstract and image

 
 
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