Sorbus scopulina
| Sorbus scopulina | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Sorbus |
| Subgenus: | Sorbus |
| Section: | Commixtae[1] |
| Species: | S. scopulina |
| Binomial name | |
| Sorbus scopulina Greene | |
| Synonyms | |
Sorbus scopulina is a species of rowan that is native to western North America, primarily in the Rocky Mountains.[1] The common name of this species is often given as 'Greene mountain-ash', and is so named in honor of American botanist Edward Lee Greene.[2] Throughout the Cascade Mountains and the Pacific Northwestern portions of this rowan's habitat, it is commonly called Cascade Mountain-ash, sometimes listed as Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis.[3]
Natural range
References
- 1 2 3 4 McAllister, H.A. 2005. The genus Sorbus: Mountain Ash and other Rowans . Kew Publishing.
- ↑ Petrides, George A. and Olivia 1998. "Western Trees". Houghton Mifflin Company.
- ↑ USDA PLANTS Database
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