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and often large clusters of flowers and fruits. Showy mountain-ash can be distinguished by its shiny, sticky buds, and its slightly larger flowers and fruit. It is said to bloom a week earlier.
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The fruits are an important source of food for wildlife, particularly birds in the winter and early spring.
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for its cold-hardiness, its attractive flowers, and its large clusters of small red berry-like
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Böcher, Tyge W. (2010). "Birch woodlands and tree growth in southern Greenland".
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Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry and Whitside/Canadian Forest Service.
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shrub or very small tree native to northeastern North America.
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Natural range includes southern tip of Greenland (not shown)
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grows 4–10 metres (13–33 ft) tall. Its leaves are
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The Greenland Mountain Birch Zone, Southwest Greenland
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(1995). 706:Chayka, Katy (2016). 623:American mountain-ash 417:northern mountain ash 598:region, the eastern 253:Aucuparia subvestita 1231:Sorbus groenlandica 453:, with 11–17 380:Sorbus sambucifolia 365:Sorbus groenlandica 1600:Flora of Greenland 837:Sorbus decora Info 579: in) across. 431:, is a species of 421:showy mountain-ash 289:Pyrus sambucifolia 281:Pyrus groenlandica 1572: 1571: 1372:Open Tree of Life 1116:Open Tree of Life 854:Taxon identifiers 523:2.5–3.5 mm ( 408: 407: 400: 396:Sorbus subvestita 392: 384: 376: 361: 353: 341: 329: 317: 309: 301: 293: 285: 277: 269: 257: 249: 237: 229: 1607: 1590:Flora of Ontario 1565: 1564: 1552: 1551: 1539: 1538: 1526: 1525: 1513: 1512: 1500: 1499: 1487: 1486: 1485: 1467: 1464:Pyrus americana 1455: 1454: 1442: 1441: 1432: 1431: 1419: 1418: 1406: 1405: 1393: 1392: 1380: 1379: 1367: 1366: 1354: 1353: 1341: 1340: 1328: 1327: 1315: 1314: 1302: 1301: 1289: 1288: 1276: 1275: 1263: 1262: 1250: 1249: 1248: 1222: 1221: 1209: 1208: 1199: 1198: 1189: 1188: 1176: 1175: 1163: 1162: 1150: 1149: 1137: 1136: 1124: 1123: 1111: 1110: 1101: 1100: 1088: 1087: 1075: 1074: 1062: 1061: 1052: 1051: 1039: 1038: 1026: 1025: 1013: 1012: 1000: 999: 987: 986: 974: 973: 961: 960: 948: 947: 935: 934: 922: 921: 909: 908: 896: 895: 894: 881: 880: 879: 849: 848: 816: 813:Trees in Canada. 809: 803: 802: 782: 776: 775: 758: 752: 751: 750:, Cambridge, MA. 725: 716: 715: 703: 694: 693: 691: 689: 666: 643:ornamental plant 627:Sorbus americana 578: 577: 573: 568: 567: 563: 542: 541: 537: 532: 531: 527: 518: 517: 513: 508: 507: 503: 498: 497: 493: 490: 484: 483: 479: 476: 466: 465: 461: 398: 390: 388:Sorbus scopulina 382: 367: 359: 351: 339: 333:Sorbus americana 327: 321:Sorbus americana 315: 313:Sorbus americana 307: 305:Pyrus subvestita 299: 297:Pyrus sitchensis 291: 283: 276:(Greene) Fernald 275: 267: 256:(Greene) Nieuwl. 255: 247: 241:Sorbus americana 235: 227: 196: 179: 54: 53: 35: 21: 20: 16:Species of shrub 1615: 1614: 1610: 1609: 1608: 1606: 1605: 1604: 1575: 1574: 1573: 1568: 1560: 1555: 1547: 1542: 1534: 1529: 1521: 1516: 1508: 1503: 1495: 1490: 1481: 1480: 1475: 1465: 1458: 1450: 1445: 1437: 1435: 1427: 1422: 1414: 1409: 1401: 1396: 1388: 1383: 1375: 1370: 1362: 1357: 1349: 1344: 1336: 1331: 1323: 1318: 1310: 1305: 1297: 1292: 1284: 1279: 1271: 1266: 1258: 1253: 1244: 1243: 1238: 1225: 1217: 1212: 1204: 1202: 1194: 1192: 1184: 1179: 1171: 1166: 1158: 1153: 1145: 1140: 1132: 1127: 1119: 1114: 1106: 1104: 1096: 1091: 1083: 1078: 1070: 1065: 1057: 1056:MichiganFlora: 1055: 1047: 1042: 1034: 1029: 1021: 1016: 1008: 1003: 995: 990: 982: 977: 969: 964: 956: 951: 943: 938: 930: 925: 917: 912: 904: 899: 890: 889: 884: 875: 874: 869: 856: 825: 820: 819: 810: 806: 783: 779: 772: 760: 759: 755: 726: 719: 704: 697: 687: 685: 667: 663: 658: 639: 616: 614:Similar species 585: 575: 571: 570: 565: 561: 560: 551:with 3–4 539: 535: 534: 529: 525: 524: 515: 511: 510: 505: 501: 500: 495: 491: 488: 486: 481: 477: 474: 472: 463: 459: 458: 441: 404: 403: 368:(C.K.Schneid.) 340:(M.Roem.) 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Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Rosales
Rosaceae
Sorbus
Binomial name
C.K.Schneid.

Synonyms
Á.Löve
D.Löve
deciduous
odd-pinnately
compound
leaflets
panicles
petals
stamens
carpels
styles
pomes
Laurentian Mixed Forest Province
New England-Acadian forest
Canadian boreal forests

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