MOUNTAIN ASH (Sorbus Americana, Marsh.). Shrub to 

 30 feet. Low shrub, or slender tree, with narrow, open round 

 head, of stout branchlets. Bark smooth brown or gray, shed- 

 ding in thin scales; twigs fuzzy. Wood pale brown, weak, 

 close-grained; sap wood of many layers; pith large in twigs. 

 Leaves compound, of feather type, 6 to 8 inches long, of 13 to 17 

 leaflets each 2 to 3 inches long, and narrow as a willow leaf, saw- 

 toothed, thin, dark yellow-green, paler lining, stout midribs. 

 Flowers in dense, flat cymes, 3 to 4 inches across, after leaves; 

 fragrant, small, perfect, creamy white, of the rose type. May, 

 June. Fruit small, roundish, fleshy pome, acid, scarlet, with 

 bony seeds, persistent all winter. Dist.: Rich, moist soil, 

 swamp borders and rocky hillsides; Newfoundland to Mani- 

 toba; south on highlands to North Carolina and Tennessee. 

 A shrub south of New England and the Great Lakes region. 

 Planted for ornament and to feed the birds in winter. 



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