PLANTS Profile for Sorbus aucuparia (European mountain ash)

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PLANTS Profile

Sorbus aucuparia L.
European mountain ash

Symbol:

SOAU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
AK		I
CAN		I
SPM		I


Other common names:
	rowan-berry
	rowan

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Bulgaria, Mount Vitasha. 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.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CA, CO, 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 some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:

Sorbus aucuparia L.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Quinlan							Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Quinlan, S.E., and S. Cuccarese. 2004. Native Alaskan and exotic plants used by wildlife(AK-Native Alaskan And Exotic Plants Used By Wildlife, 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.

Related Web Sites:
Sorbus aucuparia L.

Floridata: horticultural abstract and image

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