Sorbus californica, the California mountain ash, is an aggregate species of rowans. It forms a tree or bush with compound leaves (many leaflets) that are toothed almost from base to apex. It produces orange-red fruit. It is often confused with the western North American species S. sitchensis, which has leaflets with few teeth and pinkish fruit.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of California Mountain Ash being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Sorbus
- Species
- Sorbus californica
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