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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'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> |
'''''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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Various birds and mammals eat the fruit.<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitney |first=Stephen |title=Western Forests (The Audubon Society Nature Guides) |date=1985 |publisher=Knopf |location=New York |isbn=0-394-73127-1 |p=399}}</ref> |
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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'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]
Various birds and mammals eat the fruit.[4]
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
- ^ Whitney, Stephen (1985). Western Forests (The Audubon Society Nature Guides). New York: Knopf. p. 399. ISBN 0-394-73127-1.
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