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Sorbus scopulina
Also called Rocky Mountain Mountain Ash, Western Mountain Ash, Cascade Mountain Ash
Greene's mountain ash is a shrub or small tree of western North American mountains, reaching about 5 m, grown for its white spring flowers and orange-red berries. It is hardy and suited to cool climates; provide well-drained soil and a cool, moist root zone.
Sorbus scopulina, also known as Greene's mountain-ash, is a North American species of rowan within the rose family. Although it may resemble poisonous species of baneberries, its own fruits are edible.
It is native to western North America, primarily in the Rocky Mountains. Various birds and mammals, including bears, consume the fruit.
Despite their resemblance to poisonous baneberries, the edible fruits were used by Native Americans and early settlers, being cooked and made into jelly. They taste bitter when fresh, and are better when they redden.
Mountain Ash · Alniaria folgneri · Micromeles hemsleyi · Micromeles thibetica · American mountain-ash · Rowan · Kashmir Rowan · Japanese Rowan · Sorbus forrestii · Sorbus frutescens · Hedlundia intermedia · Sorbus poteriifolia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sorbus scopulina 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.
