| Description | Showy Mountain Ash (Sorbus decora) A native deciduous shrub or small tree. Very similar to Sorbus americana. At this point I am using the color of the fruit to distinguish between the two trees. |
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| Pronunciation | (SOR-bus)(de-COR-a) |
| Plant Type | Trees Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | (2)3 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sun, partial sun |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | Prefers well drained fertile soil. Found naturally growing in swampy or damp woods and borders, rocky slopes, shores. |
| Flowers | small, 5 petaled, borne in broad flat top clusters |
| Fruit | orange-red fruit (pomes) in drooping clusters |
| Leaves | alternate, pinnately compound 11-17 leaflets, serrated |
| Dimensions | 20-30 feet tall, spreading, forms a narrow, open and round topped crown |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | southeastern Canada and northeastern United States |
| Misc Facts | The fruit of this native tree can be used to make wine or jelly. Favorite fruit for many animals. Sorbus [genus name] is derived from a classical Latin name for the fruit of the service-tree (Sorbus domestica) or from sorb apple (sorbum)(www.plantlives.com)The species decora, from the Latin decoratus or "decorated". (syn Pyrus decora, Pyrus americana var. decora) AKA: Northern Mountain Ash, Western Mountain Ash, |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #63-How to recognize Shrubs (Grimm),(Plant Lives www.plantlives.com), (Flora, Fauna, Earth, and Sky...The Natural History of the Northwoods), #245-Trees for American Gardens (Donald Wyman) |
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