Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz (checkertree mountain-ash), close-up of leaf
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2005 – 2012
Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz (checkertree mountain-ash), deciduous tree with upright sweeping branches and a rounded crown typically maturing to 50-70’ tall, particularly noted for its attractive form shaggy bark white spring flowers and edible berry-like fruits (which mature in fall), leaves are lobed maple-like and yellow-orange-red fall color, flowers (to 5/8” across) with 5 white petals and 15-20 white stamens bloom in loose inflorescences (corymbs to 5” across) in late spring to early summer, fruits are yellowish-brown berry-like pomes (to ½” long) which ripen in fall, fruit is inedible, leaves are broad-ovate bright green (to 3-5” long) have 5-9 deep acute lobes and serrate edges glossy green above and light green below often turning excellent shades of bronze-yellow to red in fall
