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6. Leaflets 7-11, dull bluish green on upper surface, thin, 

 oblong to oval, rounded or square-cut at tip; margins 

 entire below middle, with incurved teeth near tip; 

 leafstalks, twigs, buds finely reddish hairy; "berries" 

 ellipsoid, red, with a whitish waxy "bloom" (glaucous); 

 seeds chestnut-colored, flattened-egg-shaped, pointed 

 at base; shrubs 3-10 feet high; elevations from 4,000 

 feet in n. Wash, to 7,500 feet in s. Oreg.; type locality, 

 Cascades, 49° N. lat, 



western mountain-ash (Sorbus occidentalis). 



6. Leaflets 9-11, glossy on upper surface, firm, oval, 

 abruptly pointed at tip; margins coarsely saw-toothed 

 to below middle; hairs mostly whitish; buds shiny, 

 sticky, greenish-brown; "berries" globe-shaped, glossy, 

 scarlet; seeds dark brown, egg-shaped; shrubs to nearly 

 17 feet high; elevations from 3,000 feet in n. Wash, to 

 6,000 feet in s. Oreg.; type locality, Mt. Rainier, Wash. 

 Cascades mountain-ash (Sorbus cascadensis). 17 



Greenes mountain-ash 



Cascad 



