Sorbaria sorbifolia
False spiraea · also False spirea, False goat's beard, Sorb-leaved schizonotus
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Sorbaria sorbifolia, also known as false spiraea, is a deciduous shrub reaching 1-1.5 meters (3.3-4.9 ft) with compound, alternate, toothed leaflets. It produces showy white flowers in July and August. Native to temperate Asia, including Siberia, the Russian Far East, northern China, Japan, and Korea, it has been introduced as an ornamental elsewhere and is considered an invasive alien species in Finland.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 2640.12%——
- 130.00%—3.9 in
- 60.01%1.3 yr—
- 10.00%—16 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 3.3–4.9 ft
- Canopy spread
- 40 ft
- Blooms
- Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 3.9 in, mean 4.9 in, 90th percentile 5.3 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Boreal Forests/Taiga
- Kamchatka taiga
- Kamchatka-Kurile meadows and sparse forests
- Sakhalin Island taiga
- West Siberian taiga
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- Northeast China Plain deciduous forests
- Southern Korea evergreen forests
Flooded Grasslands & Savannas
- Amur meadow steppe