Service Tree
Habit | tree
| |
---|---|---|
Height: | ⇕ | 30 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30. to 50 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 50. |
Width: | ⇔ | 30 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 30. |
Lifespan: | ⌛ | perennial |
Bloom: | ❀ | early spring, mid spring, late spring |
Exposure: | ☼ | sun |
---|---|---|
Features: | ✓ | deciduous, flowers |
USDA Zones: | 6 to 10 | |
Flower features: | ❀ | white |
Rosaceae > |
Sorbus > |
L. > |
Sorbus domestica (Service Tree, or sometimes True Service Tree to distinguish it from the Wild Service Tree; syn. Cormus domestica (L.) Spach) is a species of Sorbus native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa (Atlas Mountains), and southwest Asia (east to the Caucasus).[1][2][3][4][5]
It is a deciduous tree growing to 15–20 m (rarely to 30 m) tall with a trunk up to 1 m diameter, though can also be a shrub 2–3 m tall on exposed sites. The bark is brown, smooth on young trees, becoming fissured and flaky on old trees. The winter buds are green, with a sticky resinous coating. The leaves are 15–25 cm long, pinnate with 13-21 leaflets 3–6 cm long and 1 cm broad, with a bluntly acute apex, and a serrated margin on the outer half or two thirds of the leaflet. The flowers are 13–18 mm diameter, with five white petals and 20 creamy-white stamens; they are produced in corymbs 10–14 cm diameter in late spring, and are hermaphrodite and insect pollinated. The fruit is a pome 2–3 cm long, greenish-brown, often tinged red on the side exposed to sunlight; it can be either apple-shaped (f. pomifera (Hayne) Rehder) or pear-shaped (f. pyrifera (Hayne) Rehder).[1][2][3][4]
It is a long-lived tree, with ages of 300–400 years estimated for some in Britain.[4]
ExpandRead about Service Tree in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
|
---|
Cultivation
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Varieties
Gallery
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Rotach, P. (1995). Service tree Sorbus domestica Technical guidelines for genetic conservation and use. EUFORGEN. Available online (pdf file)
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Mitchell, A. F. (1974). A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins ISBN 0-00-212035-6
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hampton, M., & Kay, Q. O. N. (1995). Sorbus domestica L., new to Wales and the British Isles. Watsonia 20 (4): 379-384. Available online (pdf file)
- ↑ Hampton, M. (1996). Sorbus domestica L. - comparative morphology and habitats. BSBI News 73.
External links
- w:Service Tree. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
- Service Tree QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)