PLANTS Profile for Sorbus americana (American mountain ash)

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Sorbus americana Marshall
American mountain ash

Symbol:

SOAM3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Russian Federation, Tiflis. Usage Requirements.

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Sorbus americana Marshall

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Synonyms:
Sorbus americana Marshall

	PYAM2	Pyrus americana (Marshall) DC.
	PYMI4	Pyrus microcarpa (Pursh) Spreng.

Distribution:
Sorbus americana Marshall


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, GA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Sorbus americana Marshall

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 18 species in Sorbus

Classification:
Sorbus americana Marshall

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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 americana Marshall – American mountain ash

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sorbus americana Marshall

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
American mountain-ash		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Sorbus americana Marshall

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC+

FACU

FAC+

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Sorbus americana Marshall

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25319.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 05:18 AM CST