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  • From: Michael Dossett <phainopepla@yahoo.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Sorbus species
  • Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:41:24 -0800 (PST)

Sorbus sitchensis occurs in the Cascade range in
Washington and I believe south into Oregon as well. I
think it might also be in the Blue Mountains east of
the Cascades.

Michael Dossett
Corvallis, OR

--- dwoodard@becon.org wrote:

> Wikipedia has some moderately interesting articles:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowan
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbus
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_Tree
> the latter about Sorbus domestica which is distinct
> from Sorbus aucuparia
>
> There are three species listed for North America:
> American mountain-ash
> Sorbus americana
>
> Showy mountain-ash
> Sorbus decora
>
> Sitka mountain-ash
> Sorbus sitchensis
>
> The first two are Eastern.
>
> According to Farrar's "Trees in Canada"
> S. americana
> is a shrub or small tree to 10 metres.
> There is an isolated population in Pennsylvania,
> otherwise southern New
> York to southern Labrador, Newfoundland west to
> around Rainy River (and NE
> Minnesota).
>
> S. decora
> is a small tree to 15 metres.
> There are isolated populations in Ohio, Indiana,
> Wisconsin, Vermont,
> otherwise from Georgian Bay to the east end of Lake
> Ontario, north
> almost to Ungava Bay, Newfoundland west to south
> central Manitoba.
>
> S. sitchensis
> is a shrub or shrubby tree to 6 metres
> found in B.C. and western Alberta; nothing is said
> about the U.S.
>
> Doug Woodard
> St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Michael Dossett
Corvallis, Oregon
www.Mdossettphoto.com
phainopepla@yahoo.com



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