Rosaceae
California mountain ash
Sorbus californica
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Sorbus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- California mountain ash, California mountain-ash
Synonyms
- Pyrus californica (Greene) M.F.Fay & Christenh.
- Pyrus sitchensis var. californica (Greene) Smiley
- Sorbus sitchensis subsp. californica (Greene) Abrams
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FruitPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Garth Harwood, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: gretchenparadis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: LBuffum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nina House, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tim Messick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Leah Gardner, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sinéad Tuttle-Lerner, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alexander Wentworth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Loarie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Barbara Banfield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.