Sorbus groenlandica

Sorbus groenlandica, the Greenland mountain-ash, is a species of Sorbus found in Greenland and northeastern North America. A shrub, it cannot be found north of 62°15′N, which confines it the southern tip of Greenland, generally deeper up the western fjords, such as the Qinngua Valley.[2][3] It can also be found in eastern Canada and the US states of New Hampshire and Maine, but is very rare throughout its range.[4] Some authorities have it as a synonym of Sorbus decora, the showy mountain-ash.

Sorbus groenlandica
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Sorbus
Species:
S. groenlandica
Binomial name
Sorbus groenlandica
Synonyms[1]
  • Pyrus decora var. groenlandica (C.K.Schneid.) Fernald
  • Pyrus groenlandica (C.K.Schneid.) K.R.Robertson
  • Sorbus americana var. groenlandica C.K.Schneid.
  • Sorbus decora var. groenlandica (C.K.Schneid.) G.N.Jones

References
  1. "Sorbus groenlandica (C.K.Schneid.) Á.L"ve & D.L"ve". The Plant List.
  2. The Greenland Mountain Birch Zone, Southwest Greenland. p. 4. ISBN 9788763512046.
  3. Böcher, Tyge W. (2010). "Birch woodlands and tree growth in southern Greenland". Ecography. 2 (4): 218–221. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0587.1979.tb01292.x.
  4. Nelson, Gil; Earle, Christopher J.; Spellenberg, Richard (27 July 2014). Trees of Eastern North America. p. 560. ISBN 9781400852994.
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