Sorbus aria
Common name: 
Whitebeam Mountain Ash
Pronunciation: 
SOR-bus AR-e-a
Family: 
Rosaceae
Genus: 
Sorbus
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Deciduous tree, 35-45 ft (11-14 m), broad-pyramidal to ovoid.  Leaves alternate, simple, leathery, shallow lobes, double serrate except at base, dark green above, lower leaf surface white-tomentose.  White flowers (8 mm across) in 5-7.5 cm clusters in spring.  Fruit orange-red (about 13 mm diam.) in early fall.
  • Sun, does well on limestone soils in England, appears adaptable.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 5      Native to Europe, long cultivated.
  • Oregon State Univ. campus: south of Waldo Hall
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    plant habit, flowering

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    trunks and flowering branches

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    developing flower cluster and leaves

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    mature flower cluster and leaves

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    plant habit, summer

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    leaf cluster

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    leaf cluster

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    leaves, upper and lower side

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    immature fruit and leaves

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    fruit and leaf

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    fruit and leaves, fall

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    trunk, bark