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Sorbus californica

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Sorbus californica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Sorbus
Section: Sorbus sect. Commixtae
Species:
S. californica
Binomial name
Sorbus californica
Synonyms

S. cascadensis G.N.Jones[1]

Sorbus californica, the California mountain ash,[2] is an aggregate species of rowans native to western North America. The tree or bush is found in the mountains of California as the name suggests, but is not an ash, and this plant is sometimes cultivated. It has orange-red fruit and compound leaves (many leaflets) that are toothed almost from base to apex, but is said to be most often confounded with the western North American species S. sitchensis which has pinkish fruit and leaflets with few teeth.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b McAllister, H.A. 2005. The genus Sorbus: Mountain Ash and other Rowans . Kew Publishing.
  2. ^ NRCS. "Sorbus californica". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 November 2015.