Sorbus decora -- (Northern Mountain Ash)


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 Scientific Name:  Sorbus decora
 Common Name:  Northern Mountain Ash
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  White
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  Low
 Flower Conspicuous:  Yes
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Medium
 Moisture Use:  Low
 Shade Tolerance:  Tolerant
 Active Growth Period:  Summer, Fall
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  Low
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Low
 Bloom Period:  Early Summer
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Cold Stratification Required:  Yes
 Fall Conspicuous:  Yes
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  88
 Foliage Color:  Gray-Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  High
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Fall
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  Yes
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Fall
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Red
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  Yes
 Fire Tolerance:  Medium
 Foliage Texture:  Fine
 Growth Form:  Single Crown
 Growth Habit:  Tree, Shrub
 Growth Rate:  Slow
 Height at 20 Years, Max. feet:  60
 Height, Mature (feet):  40
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Short
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  1200
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  320
 pH (Maximum):  7
 pH (Minimum):  4
 Precipitation (Minimum):  16
 Protein Potential:  Low
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  36
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Oval
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  15181
 Seed Spread Rate:  Moderate
 Seedling Vigor:  High
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -50
 Toxicity:  Slight
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  Slow
 Propagation:  Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)

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 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Rosales
 Family:  Rosaceae
 Genus:  Sorbus

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