Description ²

• Shape: Small tree
• Leaf/Branch Arrangement: Alternate
• Flower: White rounded cluster
• Leaves: 6-10 inches long, pinnately compound, 11-17 leaflets, leaflets; oblong, 1 ½-2 ½ inches long, ½-1 inch wide, pointed tip, sharply toothed, may be hairy
• Bark: gray/brown, smooth but develop plates and scaly patches that eventually peel off
• Fruit/Seed: cluster of ¼-1/2 inch, bright red berries
• Height: 10-40 feet
• Flowering: June - July
• Habitat: upland forest, bluffs, shores
• Other: Easily confused with Sorbus americana

Sources and Credits

1. (c) JR P, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/22834654@N04/3877018527
2. (c) Minnesota Scientific and Natural Areas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Go Botany
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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