Despite its common name, not an ash  genus Fraxinus.   Instead, …

Part of 🏔 mountain-ash / rowan  genus Sorbus in 🌹︎ rose  family Rosaceae in 🍎︎ apple / 🍇︎ berry / buckthorn / elm / hemp / 🌹︎ rose  order Rosales.

Native to 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 Canada and USA, east of the Mississippi River.   🗺 Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48), 🗺 map (North America, Central America),  Adobe Acrobat Reader file 🗺 today + with climate change (eastern 🇺🇸 USA).

Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

Sorbus hosts caterpillars of 67 species
of butterflies and moths, in some areas.   Has brilliant 🍇︎ berry clusters, orange-red, enjoyed by 🐦︎ birds.

Planted as an ornamental.

Learn more about 🏔 American mountain ash Sorbus americana

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🏠︎ 🌳︎ broadleaves, ╟ alternate, 🌿︎ compound ▲▲ toothed 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, terminal buds w/2 scales 🌳︎🍃︎ broadleaf branches, ╟ alternate, list of attributes, no catkins thorns pods, terminal buds larger, and large