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§1 Plant
Sorbus decora (Sarg.) C.K. Schneid.
vernacular northern mountain ash — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Sorbus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 106 counties across 11 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -50 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 88 min.
- Precipitation
- 16–51 in/yr
- pH range
- 4–7
- Root depth
- 36 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 40 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 60 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Gray-Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- Slight
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Fall
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 15,181
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Fuelwood
- High
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 106 counties across 11 states/territories.
Maine view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Alpena 26007
- Baraga 26013
- Benzie 26019
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Iosco 26069
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Ottawa 26139
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Joseph 26149
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SODE3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3012350 ↗Record version
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