Sorbus decora

Sorbus decora
At the Akureyri Botanical Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Sorbus
Species:
S. decora
Binomial name
Sorbus decora
(Sarg.) C.K.Schneid.
Natural range includes southern tip of Greenland (not shown)
Synonyms
List
  • Pyrus americana var. decora Sarg.
  • Pyrus decora (Sarg.) Hyland
  • Sorbus americana var. decora (Sarg.) Sarg.
  • Aucuparia subvestita (Greene) Nieuwl.
  • Pyrus decora var. groenlandica (C.K.Schneid.) Fernald
  • Pyrus dumosa (Greene) Fernald
  • Pyrus groenlandica (C.K.Schneid.) K.R.Robertson
  • Pyrus sambucifolia S.Watson & J.M.Coult.
  • Pyrus sitchensis B.L.Rob. & Fernald in
  • Pyrus subvestita (Greene) Farw.
  • Sorbus americana Pursh
  • Sorbus americana var. groenlandica C.K.Schneid.
  • Sorbus americana var. sitchensis (M.Roem.) Sudw.
  • Sorbus decora var. groenlandica (C.K.Schneid.) G.N.Jones
  • Sorbus dumosa House
  • Sorbus groenlandica (C.K.Schneid.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Sorbus sambucifolia Dippel
  • Sorbus scopulina Hough
  • Sorbus subvestita Greene

Sorbus decora, commonly known as the northern mountain ash,[1] showy mountain-ash,[2] Greenland mountain-ash, and dogberry, is a species of deciduous shrub or very small tree native to northeastern North America.

  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Sorbus decora​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  2. ^ Chayka, Katy (2016). "Sorbus decora (Showy Mountain-ash)". MinnesotaWildflowers.info.