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Sorbus americana

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Internal ID UUID6440403a05100806178212
Scientific name Sorbus americana
Authority Marshall
First published in Arbust. Amer. : 145 (1785)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Aucuparia americana Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 175 (1915)
Pyrus americana var. microcarpa (Pursh) Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 1: 472 (1840)
Sorbus riparia Raf. New Fl. 3: 15 (1838)
Sorbus micrantha Hort.Angl. ex Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult. 5: 464 (1811)
Pyrus microcarpa (Pursh) DC. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis ; 1823 636 1825
Sorbus americana var. microcarpa (Pursh) Wenz. Linnaea 38: 73 (1873)
Pyrus americana (Marshall) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 2: 511. 1825 [Jan-May 1825]
Sorbus microcarpa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 341 (1814)
Sorbus americana Willd. Enumeratio Plantarum Horti regii botanici berolinensis ; 1809 520 1809
Sorbus aucuparia Michx. Flora boreali-americana ; 1803 290 1803
Pyrus americana (Marshall) DC. Prodr. 2: 637 (1825)
Pyrus microcarpa DC. Prodr. 2: 636 (1825)
Sorbus pumila Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 265 (1830)
Crataegus americana (Marshall) Chalon Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 174 (1868)
Sorbus humifusa S.Watson Bibliogr. Index N. Amer. Bot. 290.
Sorbus americana var. micrantha (Dum.Cours.) K.Koch Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 249 (1864)
Pyrus americana subsp. microcarpa (Pursh) Juel, Cedergr. & Örtendahl Index Seminum (UPS, Upsaliensi) 1911: 16 (1912)
Sorbus americana subsp. microcarpa (Pursh) Juel, Cedergr. & Örtendahl Index Seminum (UPS, Upsaliensi) 1913: 18 (1914)
Sorbus americana var. macrocarpa Zabel Handb. Laubholzben. : 195 (1903)
Sorbus aucuparia var. americana (Marshall) Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 38 (1806)
Pyrus microcarpa (Pursh) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 511 (1825)

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Language Common/alternative name
English american mountain ash
English rowan
English american mountain-ash
Arabic غبيراء أمريكية
Azerbaijani amerika quşarmudu
Bulgarian американска офика
German amerikanische eberesche
Finnish amerikanpihlaja
French sorbier d'amérique
Hungarian amerikai berkenye
Icelandic knappareynir
Polish jarząb amerykański
Chinese 美洲花楸
Chinese 北美花楸

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Start at 4°C for 3 months, then warm to 20°C for another 3 months.
Requires Darkness: These seeds need to be covered with soil or otherwise kept in the dark to germinate properly. Light inhibits their germination process.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • New Brunswick
      • Newfoundland
      • Nova Scotia
      • Ontario
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Minnesota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Georgia
      • Maryland
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001015070
UNII 2TQJ6IV00N
Canadensys 8963
USDA Plants SOAM3
Tropicos 27801424
INPN 761881
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:240773-2
The Plant List rjp-6184
Missouri Botanical Garden 286470
Open Tree Of Life 667058
NCBI Taxonomy 193310
Nature Serve 2.158784
IUCN Red List 135956666
IPNI 240773-2
iNaturalist 54265
GBIF 3012358
Freebase /m/02rdy5x
WisFlora 5108
FEIS plants/tree/sorame
EPPO SOUAM
EOL 242805
USDA GRIN 34994
Wikipedia Sorbus_americana

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

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The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Commodity risk assessment of Prunus persica and P. dulcis plants from Türkiye Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Zappalà L, Lucchi A, Gómez P, Urek G, Bernardo U, Bubici G, Carluccio AV, Chiumenti M, Di Serio F, Fanelli E, Kaczmarek A, Marzachì C, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Yuen J EFSA J 19-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9850261
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2023.7735
PMID:36698493
Lymantria dispar (L.) (Lepidoptera: Erebidae): Current Status of Biology, Ecology, and Management in Europe with Notes from North America Boukouvala MC, Kavallieratos NG, Skourti A, Pons X, Alonso CL, Eizaguirre M, Fernandez EB, Solera ED, Fita S, Bohinc T, Trdan S, Agrafioti P, Athanassiou CG Insects 19-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9506003
doi:10.3390/insects13090854
PMID:36135555
Nitrogen and sulfur deposition reductions projected to partially restore forest soil conditions in the US Northeast, while understory composition continues to shift with future climate change LeDuc SD, Clark CM, Phelan J, Belyazid S, Bennett M, Boaggio K, Buckley J, Cajka J, Jones P Water Air Soil Pollut 05-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9610802
doi:10.1007/s11270-022-05793-5
PMID:36312741
Land-use history impacts spatial patterns and composition of woody plant species across a 35-hectare temperate forest plot Orwig DA, Aylward JA, Buckley HL, Case BS, Ellison AM PeerJ 03-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8734465
doi:10.7717/peerj.12693
PMID:35036094
Commodity risk assessment of Juglans regia plants from Turkey Bragard C, Dehnen‐Schmutz K, Di Serio F, Jacques M, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Gonthier P EFSA J 23-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8220459
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2021.6665
PMID:34188715
Conditional inference trees in the assessment of tree mortality rates in the transitional mixed forests of Atlantic Canada Guan H, Dong X, Yan G, Searls T, Bourque CP, Meng FR PLoS One 18-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8213180
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0250991
PMID:34143806
Pest categorisation of Saperda tridentata Bragard C, Dehnen‐Schmutz K, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jacques M, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortés JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Evans H, Maiorano A, Thulke H EFSA J 10-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC7008830
doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5940
PMID:32626494
Gymnosporangium species on Malus: species delineation, diversity and host alternation Zhao P, Qi XH, Crous PW, Duan WJ, Cai L Persoonia 10-Jan-2020
PMCID:PMC8375348
doi:10.3767/persoonia.2020.45.03
PMID:34456372
Utilizing the density of inventory samples to define a hybrid lattice for species distribution models: DISTRIB‐II for 135 eastern U.S. trees Peters MP, Iverson LR, Prasad AM, Matthews SN Ecol Evol 17-Jul-2019
PMCID:PMC6686326
doi:10.1002/ece3.5445
PMID:31410287
Postia caesia complex (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) in temperate Northern Hemisphere Miettinen O, Vlasák J, Rivoire B, Spirin V Fungal Syst Evol 19-Mar-2018
PMCID:PMC7259241
doi:10.3114/fuse.2018.01.05
PMID:32490363
Eggshells as hosts of bacterial communities: An experimental test of the antimicrobial egg coloration hypothesis Dearborn DC, Page SM, Dainson M, Hauber ME, Hanley D Ecol Evol 16-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5696418
doi:10.1002/ece3.3508
PMID:29188002
Diaporthe is paraphyletic Gao Y, Liu F, Duan W, Crous PW, Cai L IMA Fungus 01-Jun-2017
PMCID:PMC5493532
doi:10.5598/imafungus.2017.08.01.11
PMID:28824846
Diaporthe: a genus of endophytic, saprobic and plant pathogenic fungi Gomes RR, Glienke C, Videira SI, Lombard L, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW Persoonia 28-Mar-2013
PMCID:PMC3904044
doi:10.3767/003158513X666844
PMID:24761033
A Winter Distribution Model for Bicknell’s Thrush (Catharus bicknelli), a Conservation Tool for a Threatened Migratory Songbird McFarland KP, Rimmer CC, Goetz JE, Aubry Y, Wunderle JM Jr, Sutton A, Townsend JM, Sosa AL, Kirkconnell A PLoS One 09-Jan-2013
PMCID:PMC3541143
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053986
PMID:23326554

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