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Pinnate-Leaved Taxa:

Sorbus americana
Sorbus americana cf. x Sorbus decora hybrid
Sorbus aucuparia
Sorbus decora
Sorbus decora [young shoot/shade form]
Sorbus decora cf. x Sorbus rupicola hybrid
Sorbus decora x Sorbus americana hybrid
Sorbus hybrid

Simple-Leaved Taxa:

Sorbus intermedia
Sorbus rupicola

Sorbus americana Marshall  -  American Mountain Ash, Dogberry - [NF]

St. John's, Newfoundland. Torbay Road Area. Johnson Family Trail near Buddhist Temple. Open shrubbery. May 31, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Budding Inflorescence and Young Leaves
Budding Inflorescence and Young Leaves

Torbay, Newfoundland. Three Island Pond Road. Open shrubbery. June 4, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Buds and Leaves
Buds Leaves
Leaf

Near Lewisporte Junction, Trans Canada Highway, Newfoundland. Notre Dame Provincial Park. Near Kittiwake Cabins. Edge of woods. Open shrubbery. July 6, 2007. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowers and Leaves
Flowers and Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Signal Hill. Burma Road. Open shrubbery. July 9, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Leaves

Garnish, Newfoundland. Open, shrubby hillside. September 21-22, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Berries and Leaves
Leaf, Top
Leaves
Gall
Gall

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Shoe Cove Road. Open mixed woods. September 24, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Berries
Berries
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leafy Branches
Gall
Gall

Snow's Pond, Newfoundland. North River, Conception Bay. Open shrubbery. October 24, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Leaf

St. John's, Newfoundland. Quidi Vidi Lake. Trail near north end of lake. Open shrubbery. October 25, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Berries
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Fruiting Branches
S. decora and S. americana growing together. [Leaves of S. americana fall off first!]

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Sorbus americana cf. x Sorbus decora - apparent hybrid [S. americana dominant]  -  Mountain Ash Hybrid - [NF]

Witless Bay, Newfoundland. East Coast Trail. Mickeleen's Path. August 8, 2010. [Digital - John Maunder]

Leaf Tip
Leaf Tip
Leaf
Leaf
Leaves, including a particularly aberrant one [moose-browsed]
Leaves, including a particularly aberrant one [moose-browsed]
Leaves, including a particularly aberrant one [moose-browsed]
Leaves, including a particularly aberrant one [moose-browsed]
Particularly Aberrant Leaf [moose-browsed]
Particularly Aberrant Leaf [moose-browsed]

St. John's, Newfoundland. Stavanger Drive. Princess Auto Trail. September 3, 2009. [Digital - John Maunder]

Fruitescence
Fruitescence and Leaves
Fruitescence and Leaves
Fruitescence and Leaves
Leaf

Gander, Newfoundland. Thomas Howe Demonstration Forest. September 14, 2010. [Digital - John Maunder]

Leaf Tip
Leaf
Leaf Tip
Leaf
Leaf

Pouch Cove, Newfoundland. Shoe Cove Road. Edge of coniferous woods. October 20, 2002. [Digital - John Maunder]

Leaf
Leaf
Leaf
Leaf Tip
Leaf Tip
Leaf Tip

Brigus, Newfoundland. In town. October 23, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Leaflets, Underside, Closeup
Leaflets, Underside
Leaf

Brigus, Newfoundland. In town. October 23, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Buds
Leaf

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Sorbus aucuparia Linnaeus  -  Rowan, European Mountain Ash - [NF] [i]

St. John's, Newfoundland. Rennies River, below Carpasian Road. Apparent old plantings above river. August 24, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Infruitescence
Infruitescence and Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Rennies River, below Carpasian Road. Apparent old plantings above river. November 15, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Leaf, Upperside
Leaf, Upperside
Leaf, Underside, Closeup [Note hairiness]
Leaf, Underside
Leaf, Underside
Leaf, Underside

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Sorbus decora (Sargent) C. K. Schneider  -  Showy Mountain Ash, Small Dogberry - [NF, LAB]

St. John's, Newfoundland. Torbay Road Area. Johnson Family Trail near Buddhist Temple. Open shrubbery. May 31, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Budding Inflorescence and Young Leaves
Budding Inflorescence and Young Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Opposite to the entrance to Wedgewood Park. Open shrubbery. June 23, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Flowers, Closeup
Flowers
Flowers

St. John's, Newfoundland. Torbay Road Area. Johnson Family Trail near Buddhist Temple. Open shrubbery. July 3, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence and Leaves

Brigus, Newfoundland. Municipal Park. July 27, 2001. [Digital - John Maunder]

Closeup of Berries
Closeup of Berries

Donovans, Newfoundland. Johnson Family Trail, on old railbed. August 16, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Berries and Leaves

Brigus, Newfoundland. In town. October 23, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Bud
Bud
Bud
Bud
Bud
Bud
Bud
Leaf, Underside, Closeup
Leaf, Underside
Leaf
Leaves
Whole Tree

St. John's, Newfoundland. Quidi Vidi Lake. Trail near north end of lake. Open shrubbery. October 25, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Whole Tree
S. decora and S. americana growing together. [Leaves of S. americana fall off first!]

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Sorbus decora (Sargent) C. K. Schneider [Young Shoot/Shade Form]  -  Showy Mountain Ash, Small Dogberry - [NF, LAB]

Diagnostic Characters:

Young shoots or small trees, growing in deep shade, tend to produce leaves that are very pointed and jagged.

St. John's, Newfoundland. Torbay Road Area. Johnson Family Trail near Buddhist Temple. Open shrubbery. May 31, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
Leaves
Stipules

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Sorbus decora cf. x Sorbus americana - apparent hybrid [S. decora dominant]  -  Mountain Ash Hybrid - [NF]

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. August 10, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries and Leaves
Axial Bud
Leaf
Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. August 10, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Axial Buds
Leaf Tip
Leaf
Leaf
Leaf
Leaf
Leaves
Fruiting Branches
Trees in Habitat
Trees in Habitat

St. John's, Newfoundland. Prince Phillip Parkway, between Throburn Road and the first Hospital access road. September 4, 2008. [Digital - John Maunder]

Inflorescence
Inflorescence, Berries and Leaves
Inflorescence, Berries and Leaves
Leaf, Inflorescence and Berries
Berries
Berries
Terminal Bud
Leaf
Leaf
Leaf

Whiteway, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Coniferous woods. September 10, 2009. [Digital - John Maunder]

Leaf Tip
Leaf

Gander, Newfoundland. Thomas Howe Demonstration Forest. September 14, 2010. [Digital - John Maunder]

Leaf Tip
Leaf

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. October 10, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Berries and Leaflet
Berries
Berries and Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. October 20, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Leaflets
Leaflet, Underside
Leaflets, Underside
Leaf
Whole Tree

St. John's, Newfoundland. Quidi Vidi Lake. Trail near north end of lake. Open shrubbery. October 25, 2004. [Within a mixed S. decora - S. americana stand] [Digital - John Maunder]

Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Leaf Tip
Leaf Tip

St. John's, Newfoundland. Quidi Vidi Road, between Forest Road and Signal Hill Road. In town. October 25, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Berries
Berries
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Winter Bud
Leaf

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Sorbus decora cf. x Sorbus rupicola - apparent hybrid [S. decora dominant]  -  Mountain Ash Hybrid - [NF]

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. August 10, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Fruitescence
Axial Buds
Leaf
Leaves

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Sorbus hybrid [combination uncertain]  -  Mountain Ash Hybrid - [NF]

Mary's Harbour, Labrador. Edge of river above main bridge. July 30, 2003. [Digital - John Maunder]

Leaf Tip
Leaf Tip
Berries [semi-hairy]
Berries [semi-hairy]
Berries [semi-hairy]
Berries [semi-hairy]
Berries [smooth]

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Sorbus intermedia (Ehrhart) Persoon  -  Swedish Whitebeam - [NF] [i]

St. John's, Newfoundland. Quidi Vidi Road at Plymouth Road. Planting amongst houses. June 4, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Budding Inflorescences and Young Leaves
Budding Inflorescences and Young Leaves
Budding Inflorescences and Young Leaves
Budding Inflorescences and Young Leaves

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Sorbus cf. rupicola (Syme) Hedlund  -  Whitebeam - [NF] [i]

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Near end of Maypark Place. Edge of woods near pond. June 12, 2005. [Digital - John Maunder]

Buds
Buds and Leaves
Buds and Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Near end of Maypark Place. Edge of woods near pond. August 10, 2006. [Digital - John Maunder]

Fruit
Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Near end of Maypark Place. Edge of woods near pond. October 10, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves
Berries and Leaves

St. John's, Newfoundland. Kent's Pond. Near end of Maypark Place. Edge of woods near pond. October 20, 2004. [Digital - John Maunder]

Berries
Berries
Leaf
Leaf

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