Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness
Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Sorbus dumosa Greene
(Arizona Mountain Ash)
Family: Rosaceae
Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Sorbus dumosa is an upper elevation shrub. It has pinnately compound leaves with glabrous serrate leaflets that are about 40mm long. The rachis of the leaf (petiole as it continues into the leaf) and the winter bud are white hairy. It has white flowers and orange or red fruit (a berry-like pome.)
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Sorbus dumosa, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger, Leith Young, Ed & Dorea Gilbert, Patrick Alexander, Mogollon Mtns., near Bead Spring
Sorbus dumosa, closeup of leaf, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger, Leith Young, Ed & Dorea Gilbert, Patrick Alexander, Mogollon Mtns., near Bead Spring
Sorbus dumosa, closeup of leaflet, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger, Leith Young, Ed & Dorea Gilbert, Patrick Alexander, Mogollon Mtns., near Bead Spring
Sorbus dumosa, macro of leaf rachis, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger, Leith Young, Ed & Dorea Gilbert, Patrick Alexander, Mogollon Mtns., near Bead Spring
Sorbus dumosa, macro of winter bud, photo Russ Kleinman, Bill Norris, Richard Felger, Leith Young, Ed & Dorea Gilbert, Patrick Alexander, Mogollon Mtns., near Bead Spring
Sorbus dumosa, DAZ herbarium, collector Michael Baad, 15 June 1964, trail to Mogollon Baldy
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