Japanese rowan
StarSorbus commixta
Synonyms: Pyrus reflexipetala, Pyrus commixta f. microphylla, Sorbus amurensis var. rufa, Sorbus amurensis f. rufa, Pyrus commixta f. angustissima, Sorbus commixta var. pilosa, Pyrus aucuparia var. japonica, Pyrus americana var. rufoferruginea, Sorbus commixta f. pilosa, Pyrus americana var. micrantha, Sorbus commixta f. angustissima, Sorbus serotina, Sorbus pruinosa, Sorbus yesoensis, Sorbus chionophylla, Sorbus reflexipetala, Sorbus amabilis var. wuyishanensis, Sorbus americana var. japonica, Pyrus commixta, Sorbus aucuparia var. japonica, Sorbus americana subsp. japonica, Sorbus wilfordii, Sorbus americana var. rufoferruginea, Sorbus commixta var. sachalinensis, Sorbus commixta var. rufoferruginea, Sorbus amabilis, Pyrus horti-edeni, Sorbus pohuashanensis f. latifoliolata, Sorbus heterodonta, Sorbus commixta var. takasui, Sorbus amurensis var. latifoliolata, Sorbus amurensis f. latifoliolata, Sorbus commixta var. typica, Sorbus rufoferruginea, Sorbus amurensis var. lanata, Pyrus cunonioides, Sorbus japonica var. rufoferruginea, Pyrus wilfordii, Pyrus micrantha var. macrophylla, Sorbus macrophylla
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Botanical Description
Sorbus commixta, the Japanese rowan, is a small deciduous tree in the family Rosaceae, native to Japan, Korea, the Russian Far East, and Sakhalin. It typically reaches 8 to 12 metres in height, with a rounded to open crown, smooth grey bark on younger stems becoming finely fissured with age, and sticky reddish winter buds. Leaves are alternate and pinnately compound, 15 to 25 cm long, with nine to fifteen lanceolate, sharply serrate leaflets that turn vivid orange to crimson in autumn. The inflorescence is a flat-topped corymb of small five-petalled white flowers borne in late spring, followed by dense clusters of bright red to scarlet pome fruits, each about 6 to 8 mm across, persisting into winter and providing important food for birds. The species occupies cool montane forests, forest margins, and open slopes, often in mixed deciduous or coniferous communities, and is widely planted as an ornamental for its foliage colour and showy fruit.
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