[Mountain-ash: The Genus Sorbus in Mt. Adams Country]

Gray's Mountain Ash, Sitka Mountain-ash

Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi

Synonyms: Pyrus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus occidentalis, Sorbus pumilus, Sorbus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus sitchensis ssp. grayi

Inflorescence of Gray's Mountain-ash, Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Synonyms: Pyrus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus occidentalis, Sorbus pumilus, Sorbus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus sitchensis ssp. grayi) - Fall foliage and ripening fruits of Gray's Mountain-ash, Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Synonyms: Pyrus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus occidentalis, Sorbus pumilus, Sorbus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus sitchensis ssp. grayi)

The photo at left shows the inflorescence of sitka mountain-ash as seen at about 5900' along the Highline Trail #114 at the branch of the Muddy Fork that is found at the eastern edge of Foggy Flats on the northern slopes of Mt. Adams.........July 11, 2005. The photo at right shows the fall foliage and ripening fruits of sitka mountain-ash as seen at about 6600' along the Climber's Trail on the south rim of Hellroaring Canyon, Yakama Nation lands at Bird Creek Meadows, Mount Adams......September 14, 2022.

Flower of Gray's Mountain-ash, Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Synonyms: Pyrus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus occidentalis, Sorbus pumilus, Sorbus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus sitchensis ssp. grayi) -- Leaf of Gray's Mountain-ash, Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Synonyms: Pyrus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus occidentalis, Sorbus pumilus, Sorbus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus sitchensis ssp. grayi)

Close-ups of a flower and pinnately compound leaf of sitka mountain-ash as seen along the climber's trail from the Bird Creek Meadows trailhead to the Mazama Glacier moraine on Mt. Adams.........July 19, 2009.

Fruits and leaf of Gray's Mountain-ash, Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Synonyms: Pyrus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus occidentalis, Sorbus pumilus, Sorbus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus sitchensis ssp. grayi)

Berries and leaves of sitka mountain-ash as seen along the climber's trail between the Bird Creek Meadows parking area and the Hellroaring Overlook, Bird Creek Meadows, Mount Adams..........July 20, 2015.

Pinnately compound leaf of Gray's Mountain-ash, Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Synonyms: Pyrus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus occidentalis, Sorbus pumilus, Sorbus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus sitchensis ssp. grayi)

The photo above shows a close-up of the pinnately compound leaf of sitka mountain-ash as seen at about 5900' along the Highline Trail #114 at the branch of the Muddy Fork that is found at the eastern edge of Foggy Flats on the northern slopes of Mt. Adams........July 11, 2005.

Flower of Gray's Mountain-ash, Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Synonyms: Pyrus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus occidentalis, Sorbus pumilus, Sorbus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus sitchensis ssp. grayi)

The photo above shows a close-up of a flower of sitka mountain-ash as seen at about 5900' along the Highline Trail #114 at the branch of the Muddy Fork that is found at the eastern edge of Foggy Flats on the northern slopes of Mt. Adams..........July 11, 2005.

Gray's Mountain-ash, Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Synonyms: Pyrus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus occidentalis, Sorbus pumilus, Sorbus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus sitchensis ssp. grayi) - Gray's Mountain-ash, Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Synonyms: Pyrus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus occidentalis, Sorbus pumilus, Sorbus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus sitchensis ssp. grayi)

Ripening fruits of sitka mountain-ash observed near the Pacific Crest Trail and upper Lewis River, Mount Adams Wilderness......August 28, 2021.

Pinnately compound leaf of Gray's Mountain-ash, Sitka Mountain-ash: Sorbus sitchensis var. grayi (Synonyms: Pyrus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus occidentalis, Sorbus pumilus, Sorbus sambucifolia var. pumila, Sorbus sitchensis ssp. grayi)

A close-up of the pinnately compound leaf of Sitka mountain-ash as seen along a stream on slopes about one mile above Horseshoe Meadows at the southwest corner of Mt. Adams.........July 27, 2006. Note that the margins are only toothed from midleaf to the tip.

Paul Slichter