Status:
valid
                
                
                    
Authors:
(S.Watson) Greene
                
                
                    
Source:
rjp
                
                
                    
Year:
1891
                
                
                    
Citation Micro:
Fl. Francisc. : 54 (1891)
                
                
                    
WFO Identifier:
wfo-0001015203
                
             
            
            
                
                
                
            
            
            
                                    
                        Common Names
                        
                        - Occidentalis Sorbus
 - Sorbus Occidentalis
 - Western Mountain Ash
                         
                     
                                
                
                    
                    
                    
                
                
                
                
                                                
                                    
                        Uses & Benefits
                        
                            Sorbus occidentalis is used as an ornamental plant in gardens and as a hedge. It is also used as a medicinal plant to treat various ailments.                        
                     
                                
                                                    
                        Flower, Seeds and Seedlings
                        
                            Sorbus occidentalis has white flowers that are borne in flat-topped clusters. The flowers are followed by small, round, red berries that ripen in late summer. The seedlings have three leaflets, each with a toothed margin.                        
                     
                                
                
                
                                                    
                        Where to Find Sorbus occidentalis
                        
                            Sorbus occidentalis can be found in the western United States and Canada.                        
                     
                
                
                                    
                        Species in the Sorbus genus
                        
                            Sorbus ligustrifolia, 
Sorbus arranensis, 
Sorbus decipiens, 
Sorbus leptophylla, 
Sorbus matsumurana, 
Sorbus eminens, 
Sorbus rupicola, 
Sorbus croceocarpa, 
Sorbus mougeotii, 
Sorbus cashmiriana, 
Sorbus scopulina, 
Sorbus commixta, 
Sorbus gorodkovii, 
Sorbus hajastana, 
Sorbus kusnetzovii, 
Sorbus pontica, 
Sorbus tauricola, 
Sorbus himalaica, 
Sorbus subulata, 
Sorbus splendida, 
Sorbus monbeigii, 
Sorbus aria, 
Sorbus arachnoidea, 
Sorbus armeniaca, 
Sorbus filipes, 
Sorbus forrestii, 
Sorbus glomerulata, 
Sorbus graeca, 
Sorbus kiukiangensis, 
Sorbus koehneana, 
Sorbus kurzii, 
Sorbus lanata, 
Sorbus luristanica, 
Sorbus macrantha, 
Sorbus microphylla, 
Sorbus persica, 
Sorbus reducta, 
Sorbus rehderiana, 
Sorbus rinzenii, 
Sorbus rufopilosa, 
Sorbus sargentiana, 
Sorbus scalaris, 
Sorbus setschwanensis, 
Sorbus subfusca, 
Sorbus takhtajanii, 
Sorbus tamamschjanae, 
Sorbus tianschanica, 
Sorbus turkestanica, 
Sorbus wilsoniana, 
Sorbus brevipetiolata,                         
 
                     
                                                    
                        Species in the Rosaceae family
                        
                            Acaena macrocephala, 
Acaena antarctica, 
Acaena argentea, 
Acaena boliviana, 
Acaena buchananii, 
Acaena echinata, 
Acaena agnipila, 
Acaena cylindristachya, 
Acaena confertissima, 
Acaena eupatoria, 
Acaena integerrima, 
Acaena leptacantha, 
Acaena ovina, 
Acaena magellanica, 
Acaena masafuerana, 
Acaena patagonica, 
Acaena tenera, 
Acaena platyacantha, 
Acaena pumila, 
Acaena splendens, 
Acaena stricta, 
Acaena stangii, 
Acaena trifida, 
Acaena pallida, 
Acaena caespitosa, 
Acaena saccaticupula, 
Acaena subincisa, 
Acaena hirsutula, 
Acaena fissistipula, 
Acaena glabra, 
Acaena tesca, 
Acaena juvenca, 
Acaena emittens, 
Acaena dumicola, 
Acaena profundeincisa, 
Acaena minor, 
Acaena alpina, 
Acaena montana, 
Acaena myriophylla, 
Acaena poeppigiana, 
Acaena anserovina, 
Acaena sericea, 
Acaena latebrosa, 
Acaena sarmentosa, 
Acaena elongata, 
Acaena exigua, 
Acaena rorida, 
Acaena novae-zelandiae, 
Acaena pinnatifida, 
Acaena inermis,