Sorbus scopulina Greene (Q4395)

taxon name

Sorbus scopulina

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taxon authority

Greene

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taxon rank

species

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taxon status

accepted

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common name

sorbier de Greene (French)

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sorbier de Greene typique (French)

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Greene's mountain-ash (English)

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western mountain-ash (English)

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Rocky Mountain mountain-ash (English)

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Rocky Mountain or Cascade or Greene's mountain ashE (English)

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VasCan taxon numeric id

8966

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distribution

CA-AB

present

native

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Moss, E.H. 1983. Flora of Alberta. 2nd edition, revised by J.G. Packer. University of Toronto Press, Toronto. 687 pp.

CA-BC

present

native

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Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley, D.V. Meidinger & J. Pojar. 1998. Illustrated Flora of British Columbia. B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks and B.C. Ministry of Forests. Victoria. Crown Publications. 8 vols.

CA-NT

present

native

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Porsild, A.E. & W.J. Cody. 1980. Vascular Plants of the Continental Northwest Territories, Canada. National Museum of Natural Sciences, Ottawa, Ont. 667 pp.

CA-SK

present

native

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Harms, V.L. 2006. Annotated catalogue of Saskatchewan vascular plants. http://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/Docs/AnnotatedCatalogueSKVascPlants2006.pdf

CA-YT

present

native

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Cody, W.J. 2000. Flora of the Yukon Territory. 2nd ed. National Research Press, Ottawa. 669 pp.

CA-AB

Alta.

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CA-BC

B.C.

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CA-NT

N.W.T.

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CA-SK

Sask.

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CA-YT

Yukon

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US-AK

Alaska

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US-AZ

Ariz.

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US-CA

Calif.

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US-CO

Colo.

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US-ID

Idaho

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US-MT

Mont.

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US-NV

Nev.

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US-NM

N.Mex.

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US-OR

Oreg.

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US-SD

S.Dak.

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US-UT

Utah

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US-WA

Wash.

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US-WY

Wyo.

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parent taxon

Sorbus Linnaeus

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taxon habit

tree

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GBIF taxon key

3012298

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

LC

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Global Biodiversity Information Facility

phenology

Flowering spring; fruiting fall.

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taxon habitat

mountain slopes

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open forests

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forest edges

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riparian zones

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lakeshores

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elevation

0–3300 m

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special status

E

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taxon description fragment

Shrubs, 10–50 (–80) dm.

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d0_s0

Stems 1–8;

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d0_s1

bark gray, sometimes yellowish or reddish purple, or grayish red;

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d0_s2

winter buds olive brown to redbrown, conic, 8–14 mm, shiny, slightly glutinous, glabrous or sparsely or densely whitish-villous.

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d0_s3

Leaves pinnately compound;

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d0_s4

stipules deciduous or persistent, hairs whitish;

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d0_s5

blade paler abaxially, shiny, green to dark green adaxially, leaflets 7–13 (–15), opposite or subopposite, lanceolate, oblong, narrowly ovate, oblanceolate, or obovate, (3–) 4–6.5 (–8.7) × 1.5–2.7 cm, l/w ratio 2.1–4.4, margins finely serrate, apex obtuse, acute, or acuminate, surfaces glabrous, leaf and leaflet axils hairy, hairs whitish.

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d0_s6

Panicles 40–200+-flowered, flat-topped to rounded, 5–15 cm diam.;

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d0_s7

peduncles sparsely to densely whitish-villous.

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d0_s8

Pedicels sparsely to densely whitish-villous (in flower and fruit).

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d0_s9

Flowers 11–13 mm diam.;

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d0_s10

hypanthium nearly glabrous or densely villous, hypanthium plus sepals 3–4 mm;

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d0_s11

sepals 0.8–2.3 mm, margins lightly to densely whitish-villous, glands absent or sparse and usually inconspicuous;

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d0_s12

petals white, ovate, 4–6 mm;

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d0_s13

stamens (14–) 20;

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d0_s14

carpels distinct, apex conic, styles 3 or 4, 2–2.5 mm.

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d0_s15

Infructescences whitish-villous, rarely glabrous with age.

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d0_s16

Pomes bright orange to reddish orange, globose, subglobose, broadly obovoid, or broadly elliptic, 8–12.1 × 7.5–12.8 mm, shiny, sometimes lightly glaucous;

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d0_s17

sepals inconspicuous, incurved.

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d0_s18

2n = 34, 68.

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d0_s20

morphology statement

whole organism

atypical some measurement

50

80

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d0_s0

whole organism

10

50

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d0_s0

whole organism

growth form

shrub

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d0_s0

stem

1

8

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d0_s1

gray

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d0_s2

yellowish

sometimes

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d0_s2

reddish purple

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d0_s2

grayish red

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d0_s2

yellowish

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d0_s2

reddish purple

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d0_s2

grayish red

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d0_s2

season

winter

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d0_s3

olive brown

redbrown

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d0_s3

conic

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d0_s3

8

14

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d0_s3

reflectance

shiny

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d0_s3

coating

glutinous

slightly

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d0_s3

glabrous

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d0_s3

or

sparsely

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d0_s3

whitish-villous

densely

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d0_s3

leaf

compound

pinnately

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d0_s4

leaf blade

paler

abaxially

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d0_s6

leaf blade

reflectance

shiny

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d0_s6

leaf blade

green

dark green

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d0_s6

inflorescence palea margin

serrate

finely

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d0_s6

obtuse

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d0_s6

acute

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d0_s6

acuminate

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d0_s6

acute

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d0_s6

acuminate

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d0_s6

leaf

hairy

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d0_s6

stem axil

hairy

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d0_s6

inflorescence peduncle

whitish-villous

sparsely to densely

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d0_s8

inflorescence pedicel

whitish-villous

sparsely to densely

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d0_s9

inflorescence flower

diameter

11

13

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d0_s10

inflorescence flower hypanthium

glabrous

nearly

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d0_s11

inflorescence flower hypanthium

villous

densely

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d0_s11

3

4

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d0_s11

0.8

2.3

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d0_s12

inflorescence palea margin

whitish-villous

lightly to densely

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d0_s12

gland

presence

absent

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d0_s12

gland

sparse

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d0_s12

gland

prominence

inconspicuous

usually

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d0_s12

inflorescence flower petal

white

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower petal

ovate

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower petal

4

6

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d0_s13

inflorescence flower stamen

atypical quantity

14

20

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d0_s14

inflorescence flower stamen

20

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d0_s14

conic

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d0_s15

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style

3

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d0_s15

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style

4

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d0_s15

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil style

2

2.5

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d0_s15

prominence

inconspicuous

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d0_s18

orientation

incurved

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d0_s18

brown

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d0_s20

ovoid

narrowly

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d0_s20

length

3.8

5.4

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d0_s20

width

1.7

2.8

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d0_s20

asymmetric

slightly

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d0_s20

flattened

slightly

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d0_s20

chromosome

34

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d0_s20

chromosome

68

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d0_s20

leaf stipule

duration

deciduous

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d0_s5

leaf stipule

duration

persistent

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d0_s5

tissue epidermis armature hair

whitish

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d0_s5

atypical quantity

13

15

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d0_s6

7

13

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d0_s6

arrangement

opposite

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d0_s6

arrangement

subopposite

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d0_s6

lanceolate

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d0_s6

oblong

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d0_s6

ovate

narrowly

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d0_s6

oblanceolate

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d0_s6

obovate

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d0_s6

oblanceolate

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d0_s6

obovate

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d0_s6

3

4

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d0_s6

6.5

8.7

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d0_s6

4

6.5

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d0_s6

1.5

2.7

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d0_s6

2.1

4.4

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d0_s6

tissue epidermis armature hair

whitish

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d0_s6

inflorescence panicle

40-200+-flowered

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d0_s7

inflorescence panicle

flat-topped

rounded

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d0_s7

inflorescence panicle

diameter

5

15

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d0_s7

inflorescence flower gynoecium pistil carpel

fusion

distinct

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d0_s15

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d0_s16

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d0_s16

bright orange

reddish orange

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d0_s17

globose

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d0_s17

subglobose

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d0_s17

obovoid

broadly

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d0_s17

elliptic

broadly

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d0_s17

obovoid

broadly

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d0_s17

elliptic

broadly

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d0_s17

length

8

12.1

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d0_s17

width

7.5

12.8

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d0_s17

reflectance

shiny

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d0_s17

glaucous

sometimes lightly

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