#627 most planted
Sorbus torminalis
Wild service tree · also Chequers, Checker tree, Wild service
858
trees mapped
0.01%
of all named trees
8
cities
2.4 in
median trunk (6 cm, 492 measured)
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The Wild Service Tree (Sorbus torminalis), also known as chequers or checker tree, is a species native to Europe, parts of northern Africa, and western Asia. This tree typically grows to a mature height of 25-30 feet with a canopy spread of 15-25 feet.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 7060.06%—1.8 in
- 760.03%—2.9 in
- 500.01%26 yr8.5 in
- 90.00%2.8 yr—
- 90.02%7.8 yr—
- 40.00%—33 in
- 30.00%—2.0 in
- 10.00%—12 in
Traits
- Mature height
- 25–30 ft
- Canopy spread
- 15–25 ft
Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.4 in, mean 3.1 in, 90th percentile 6.9 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
- Balkan mixed forests
- Caucasus mixed forests
- Western European broadleaf forests
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Elburz Range forest steppe
- Northern Anatolian conifer and deciduous forests
Other Sorbus in the catalogue
21 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
