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SPECIES: Sorbus americana | American Mountain-Ash 



ABBREVIATION : 
SORAME

SYNONYMS : 
   Pyrus americana L.


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   SOAM3


COMMON NAMES : 
   American mountain-ash
   mountain ash
   dogberry
   small-fruited mountain ash
   roundwood
   missey-mossey
   cormier (Quebec)


TAXONOMY : 
The accepted scientific name for American mountain-ash is Sorbus
americana Marsh. [10,23,39].  There are no recognized subspecies,
varieties or forms.

American mountain-ash hybridizes naturally with black chokeberry (Pyrus
melanocarpa), producing P. xmixta Fern., and with purple chokeberry (P.
floribunda), producing P. xjackii (Rehd) Fern. [12].


LIFE FORM : 
Tree, Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Janet Sullivan, December 1992


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Sullivan, Janet. 1992. Sorbus americana. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Sorbus americana | American Mountain-Ash