Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis (G.N.Jones) C.L.Hitchc.
Sorbus sitchensis var. densa Jeps.
Sorbus sitchensis subsp. densa (Jeps.) A.E.Murray
Sorbus scopulina, also known as Greene's mountain-ash, is a
species of
rowan that is native to western North America, primarily in the
Rocky Mountains.[1] The common name of this species is named in honor of American botanist
Edward Lee Greene.[2] Throughout the Cascade Mountains and the Pacific Northwest portions of this rowan's habitat, it is commonly called Cascade mountain-ash, sometimes listed as Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis.[3]
Various birds and mammals, including bears, eat the fruit.[4] They were eaten by Native Americans and early settlers, and be cooked and made into jelly. They taste bitter when fresh, and are better when they redden. They should not be confused with poisonous
baneberries,[5] particularly the
red baneberry.[6]
References
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abMcAllister, H.A. 2005. The genus Sorbus: Mountain Ash and other Rowans . Kew Publishing.
^Petrides, George A. and Olivia 1998. "Western Trees". Houghton Mifflin Company.