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'''''Sorbus scopulina''''' is a [[species]] of [[Sorbus|rowan]] that is native to western [[North America]], primarily in the [[Rocky Mountains]].<ref name=McAllister2005 /> 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]].<ref>Petrides, George A. and Olivia 1998. "Western Trees". Houghton Mifflin Company.</ref> 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''.<ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=display&classid=SOSCC USDA PLANTS Database]</ref>
'''''Sorbus scopulina''''' is a [[species]] of [[Sorbus|rowan]] that is native to western [[North America]], primarily in the [[Rocky Mountains]].<ref name=McAllister2005 /> The common name of this species is often given as '''Greene's mountain-ash''', and is so named in honor of American botanist [[Edward Lee Greene]].<ref>Petrides, George A. and Olivia 1998. "Western Trees". Houghton Mifflin Company.</ref> Throughout the Cascade Mountains and the Pacific Northweste portions of this rowan's habitat, it is commonly called '''Cascade mountain-ash''', sometimes listed as ''Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis''.<ref>[http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=display&classid=SOSCC USDA PLANTS Database]</ref>


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Sorbus scopulina
Scientific classification
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Commixtae[1]
Species:
S. scopulina
Binomial name
Sorbus scopulina
Native range
Synonyms

S. dumosa Greene[1]
S. alaskana G.N.Jones[1]

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's mountain-ash, and is so named in honor of American botanist Edward Lee Greene.[2] Throughout the Cascade Mountains and the Pacific Northweste portions of this rowan's habitat, it is commonly called Cascade mountain-ash, sometimes listed as Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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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