American Mountain-Ash
Dogberry
Sorbus americana Marsh.
Sorbier d'Amérique
Size and Form:
Shrubs or very small trees, up to 10 m high.
Trunk is short, with spreading slender branches that form a narrow, open, round-topped crown.
Leaves:
Leaflets are lance-shaped, taper-pointed, 5-8 cm long.
Thin, light green above, paler and hairless beneath.
Narrower than showy mountain-ash.
Buds:
Bud scales are hairless.
Flowers:
Petals are broadest toward the tip, 3-4 mm long.
Flowers appear in May and June, about 1 week earlier than showy mountain-ash.
On hairless stalks, in dense, flattish clusters.
Fruits:
Bright coral-red, 4-6 mm across.
Mature in August; flesh is thin.
Habitat:
Occurs on moist sites bordering swamps, rocky hillsides, and on dry soils.