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Sorbus sitchensis
Landscape Plants for Alaska
SITKA MOUNTAINASH (Western Mountainash)
Sorbus sitchensis
Deciduous Tree
Height
4 - 18 (feet)
Spread
3 - 12 (feet)
Distinctions
Small tree or shrub; reddish bark; usually 9 to 11 leaflets, but sometimes 7 to 13; clusters of white flowers in spring; orange-red fruit has a bluish cast; orange-red fall leaf color; birds attracted to fruit.
Limitations
Hardiness
SC, SE (Zone 3)
Origin
Southern and Southeast Alaska including Kodiak; Yukon Territory along the Pacific Coast to British Columbia and the mountains of Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon and California
Cultivars
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