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Sorbus scopulina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Sorbus
Subgenus:	Sorbus
Section:	Commixtae
Species:	S. scopulina
Binomial name
	Sorbus scopulina; Greene
Synonyms
	S. dumosa Greene; S. alaskana G.N.Jones

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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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 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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[McAllister2005-1] McAllister, H.A. 2005. The genus Sorbus: Mountain Ash and other Rowans . Kew Publishing.

[2] Petrides, George A. and Olivia 1998. "Western Trees". Houghton Mifflin Company.

[3] USDA PLANTS Database

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