#607 most planted
Sorbus latifolia
Broad-leaved whitebeam · also Service tree of Fontainebleau, Alisier de Fontainebleau
Deciduous
936
trees mapped
0.01%
of all named trees
7
cities
1.9 in
median trunk (5 cm, 174 measured)
17 yr
median age (77% have a planting date)
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This deciduous tree is endemic to the area around Fontainebleau, south of Paris in France. Its leaves are green above with greyish-white hairs underneath. It can grow 10 to 50 feet tall and attracts bees and birds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 6681.4%18 yr—
- 1680.01%—0.6 in
- 430.02%—3.1 in
- 310.01%28 yr5.9 in
- 230.01%14 yr4.4 in
- 20.00%—69 in
- 10.00%—5.0 in
Traits
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Mature height
- 10–50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 10–30 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May
Trunk diameters across every city: median 1.9 in, mean 3.2 in, 90th percentile 5.6 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.
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Northeast Spain and Southern France Mediterranean forests
Other Sorbus in the catalogue
21 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
