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Sorbus vilmorinii, photographed by an iNaturalist contributor
(c) Wendy Cutler, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA
#1600 most planted

Sorbus vilmorinii

Vilmorin's rowan · also Vilmorin's mountain ash

Deciduous
28
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
5
cities
2.8 in
median trunk (7 cm, 24 measured)

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Vilmorin's rowan is a deciduous shrub or small tree, typically 13-20 ft tall, characterized by ferny leaves that turn purple in autumn. It produces ornamental crimson fruits that persist through winter. This compact tree provides long-season interest and is suitable for smaller gardens.

Where it grows

Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.

  1. London · United Kingdom
    12—2.5 in
  2. Vancouver · Canada
    10—20 in
  3. Helsinki · Finland
    4—2.0 in
  4. New Westminster · Canada
    1—2.8 in
  5. Paris · France
    1—1.6 in

No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.

Traits

Foliage
Deciduous
Mature height
13–20 ft

Trunk diameters across every city: median 2.8 in, mean 9.0 in, 90th percentile 21 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

  • Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests

Other Sorbus in the catalogue

21 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.

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