[The Rose Family in Mt. Adams Country]

Mountain-ash of Mt. Adams Country

The Genus Sorbus

Berries of Cascade Mountain-ash, Greene's Mountain-ash, Rocky Mountain Mountain-ash, Western Mountain-ash: Sorbus scopulina (Synonyms: Pyrus scopulina, Sorbus cascadensis, Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis, Sorbus scopulina var. scopulina)

The photo above shows the fruits and leaves of Cascade mountain-ash as seen on the Island Springs Trail #66 on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams...........August 25, 2005.

Cascade Mountain-ash: Sorbus hybrid (grayi X scopulina) - These plants (from above 6500' in Hellroaring Valley) have combined leaf and bud traits of the two parents.

Cascade Mountain-ash, Greene's Mountain-ash, Rocky Mountain Mountain-ash, Western Mountain-ash: Sorbus scopulina (Synonyms: Pyrus scopulina, Sorbus cascadensis, Sorbus scopulina var. cascadensis, Sorbus scopulina var. scopulina) -

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) -


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