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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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 north of Mexico, vol. 9 (2014)
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 north of Mexico, vol. 9
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
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