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Sorbus californica
California mountain ash is a rowan (Sorbus californica) native to the mountains of western North America, grown as a small tree or large shrub with orange-red berries. It is an aggregate species, often confused with Sitka mountain ash (S. sitchensis), and is sometimes planted in gardens.
Sorbus californica, the California mountain ash, is an aggregate species of rowans. It forms a tree or bush with compound leaves (many leaflets) that are toothed almost from base to apex. It produces orange-red fruit. It is often confused with the western North American species S. sitchensis, which has leaflets with few teeth and pinkish fruit.
The species is native to western North America. It is found in the mountains of California as the name suggests, but is not an ash. It is sometimes cultivated.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sorbus californica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
