Sorbus americana

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 Sorbus americana subsp. var.  American mountain ash
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Sorbus americana, Marsh. (Pyrus americana, DC. S. micrantha, Dum.-Cours.). American Mountain-ash. Dogberry. Small tree, attaining 30 ft., with spreading branches, or sometimes shrubby: lfts. 11-17, lanceolate, long-acuminate, sharply serrate, glabrous or slightly pubescent when young, light green above, paler beneath, 1 1/2 - 4 in. long: fls. 1/5 – 1/4 in. across, in dense, 3-6-in.-broad, usually glabrous corymbs: fr. globose, bright red, 1/6 – 1/4 in. across, with the calyx-lobes very small and connivent. May, June. Newfoundland to Man., south to Mich. and N. C.

Var. microcarpa, Torr. & Gray (S. microcarpa, Pursh), has narrower foliage and very small frs. about 1/6 in. across. CH


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