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Sorbus aria (L.)Crantz

HIGHER TAXON: Rosaceae

GENUS: Sorbus L.

Sorbus aria (L.)Crantz [1]
    Pyrus L. aria (L.)Ehrh. {Synonym} [1]

PLACES: -
  Africa
  Europe
    Corsica (N) [1]; England (N) [1,12], Dorset [1]
    Hertfordshire [1], Kent [1], Norfolk [1]
    Suffolk [1], Surrey [12], Worcesteshire [1]
    France (N) [1]; Germany (N) [1]; Ireland (N) [1]
    Galway [1]; Italy (N) [1]; Spain (N) [1]
    Wales (N) [1]

HABITATS:
  Europe
    Chalk scrub [14], Rocky places [14], Wood [14]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Chromosome number (2n=): 34 [1]
  Data reviewed?: not reviewed
  Flower colour: white [1], pink [1]
  Habit: Tree [1]
  Hairiness: Hairy [1]
  Height: >10m [1]
  Leaf arrangement: alternate [1]
  Leaf shape: simple [1]
  Life form (Raunkier):
   Phanerophyte - mega/meso (8m or more) [1]
  Lifespan: perennial [1]
  Month of flowering: may [1], june [1]
  Month of fruiting: september [1]
  Native: Native [1]
  Poisonous: no [1]
  Present in my garden: no

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1], Illustration [13]

USES:
Drink [12]; Wood - Cogs [12]

VERNACULAR:
White Tree [12]; Whitebeam [1,13,14]

NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

1.		Clapham AR Tutin TG Warburg EF,1962
		Flora of the British Isles Second Edition

12.		Johns, C.A. Rev.,1953
		British Trees, Routledge.

13.		Rose,F.,1981
		The Wild Flower Key, Warne.

14.		Stace,C.A.,1991
		A New Flora of the British Isles, Cambridge.

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