#516 most planted
Sorbus decora
Northern mountain ash · also Showy mountain-ash, Greenland mountain-ash, Dogberry
Deciduous
1,552
trees mapped
0.02%
of all named trees
14
cities
2.4 in
median trunk (6 cm, 1,550 measured)
4.4 yr
median age (68% have a planting date)
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Sorbus decora is a deciduous shrub or small tree with attractive white flowers and clusters of small, red pomes. It is native to northeastern North America and is cultivated for its cold-hardiness. Its fruit attracts birds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 9990.21%4.4 yr2.4 in
- 1220.04%—2.4 in
- 1120.47%—5.9 in
- 1090.03%—4.8 in
- 820.02%—2.4 in
- 400.01%—2.8 in
- 390.01%2.1 yr2.0 in
- 250.02%4.9 yr2.0 in
- 130.01%0.9 yr1.0 in
- 30.01%—2.8 in
- 30.00%—10 in
- 20.00%—6.7 in
- 20.00%—2.0 in
- 10.00%—17 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 20–50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–20 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.4 in, mean 3.4 in, 90th percentile 4.7 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.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- New England-Acadian forests
Other Sorbus in the catalogue
21 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
