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Tree Tour: Russian Mountain Ash

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(Unless otherwise indicated, photos by Don of www.WascanaPark.com)

Location: (2004)
Rotary Park, far west.

  • Botanical Name: Sorbus aucuparia 'Rossica'
  • Medium Moisture/Sun/Attracts Wildlife
  • Height & Spread: 8m x 4m
  • Form: globular to oval
  • Leaf: alternate, 25cm, compound leaf with 11-17 leaflets;
    finely toothed margin; turns yellow and red in fall
  • Bark: bronze; smooth with horizontal lenticels (stripes)
  • Flower: white, fragrant, flat topped cluster in May/June
  • Fruit: tiny, edible, orange-red berries in clusters
  • Problems: iron chlorosis; resistant to fireblight
  • Use: good specimen tree for small yards; fruit attracts birds in
    fall and winter; there are other suitable Mountain Ash species available

(Information from the City of Regina, Tree Tour Guidebook)