Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Sorbus californica, the California mountain ash, is an aggregate species of Rowans native to western North America and sometimes cultivated. It has orange-red fruit and leaflets that are toothed almost from base to apex, but is said to be most often confounded with the western North American species S. occidentalis which has pinkish fruit and leaflets with few teeth.

Plant type

Shrub

Size

3 - 7 ft Tall

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Sunset Zones

1, 2, 4, 5, 6*, 7, 15, 16

Site type

Moist places

Plant communities

Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Yellow Pine Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 20 likely

Confirmed Likely

Destructive Pruneworm Moth

Acrobasis tricolorella

Triton Dagger Moth

Acronicta grisea

Lupine Dagger

Acronicta lupini