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Sorbus sitchensis
Also called Sitka Mountain Ash, Pacific Mountain Ash
Western mountain ash is a small multi-stemmed shrub or tree of northwestern North America, usually 1 to 4 m tall, grown for its white flower clusters, bright red autumn-to-winter berries and colourful fall foliage. The key to growing it is moist but well-drained soil in a cool, open or lightly shaded site.
Sorbus sitchensis, commonly known as western mountain ash and Sitka mountain-ash, is a small species of shrub of northwestern North America.
It is endemic to northwestern North America, from the Pacific coast of Alaska, to the mountains of Washington, Oregon and northern California and eastward to parts of Idaho and western Alberta and Montana. It is widespread in British Columbia.
Mountain Ash · Alniaria folgneri · Alniaria yuana · Micromeles hemsleyi · Micromeles thibetica · Micromeles megalocarpa · American mountain-ash · Rowan · California mountain ash · Kashmir Rowan · Japanese Rowan · Northern mountain ash
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sorbus sitchensis 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.
