Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Sorbus sitchensis, also known as western mountain ash and Sitka mountain-ash, is a small shrub of northwestern North America. A multistemmed shrub, it is endemic to northwestern North America, from the Pacific coast of Alaska, to the mountains of Washington, Oregon and northern California and eastward to parts of Idaho and western Alberta and Montana. It is widespread in British Columbia. A multistemmed shrub, it is endemic to northwestern North America, from the Pacific coast of Alaska, to the mountains of Washington, Oregon and northern California and eastward to parts of Idaho and western Alberta and Montana. It is widespread in British Columbia.

Plant type

Shrub

Size

3 - 10 ft Tall

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

1 confirmed and 20 likely

Confirmed Likely

Western Tent Caterpillar

Malacosoma californica

Destructive Pruneworm Moth

Acrobasis tricolorella

Triton Dagger Moth

Acronicta grisea