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Sorbus decora
Also called Showy Mountain Ash, Dogberry, Greenland Mountain Ash, Showy Rowan
Sorbus decora, commonly known as the northern mountain ash, showy mountain-ash, Greenland mountain-ash, and dogberry, is a species of deciduous shrub or very small tree native to northeastern North America.
Sorbus decora occurs throughout the Laurentian Mixed Forest Province, the New England-Acadian forest region, the eastern Canadian boreal forests and Greenland. It cannot be found north of 62°15′N, which confines it the southern tip of Greenland, generally deeper up the western fjords, such as the Qinngua Valley.
It is often cultivated as an ornamental plant for its cold-hardiness, its attractive flowers, and its large clusters of small red berry-like pomes.
Mountain Ash · Alniaria folgneri · Alniaria yuana · Micromeles hemsleyi · Micromeles thibetica · Micromeles megalocarpa · American mountain-ash · Rowan · California mountain ash · Kashmir Rowan · Japanese Rowan · Sorbus discolor
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sorbus decora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
