Sorbus aucuparia Linnaeus 1753 (Family Rosaceae)


Tree

Bark

Leaf

Flower

Fruit

Height: <20m, Age: <100 yr
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - June (Earliest: 3.5)

Habitat:
Hedge Rows

Beech Forest
Pollination:
Aglais io

Vanessa atalanta
Parasites:
Septoria sorbi

Phyllosticta sorbi

Venturia inaequalis

Pleurotus dryinus

Paraswammerdamia nebulella Larva (Leaf Miner)

Incurvaria pectinea

Lyonetia clerkella

Stigmella magdalenae

Coleophora spinella

Contarinia sorbi Larva
(Leaf Gall)

Trachys minutus (Leaf Miner)

Anthonomus conspersus Larva (Flower Gall)
Herbivores:
Alsophila aescularia

Opisthograptis luteolata Larva

Arctia caja

Callimorpha dominula

Acronicta psi

Capua vulgana Larva

Archips podana Larva

Several Tenthredinidae Larvae

Pamphilius sylvaticus Larva
Sapivores:
Psallus ambiguus

Dysaphis sorbi

Cacopsylla sorbi

Pulvinaria hydrangeae
Frugivores:
Meles meles

Bombycilla garrulus

Turdus pilaris

Tatianaerhynchites aequatus
Lichens:
Several Lecanoraceae

Physcia adscendens

Physcia tenella

Parmelina tiliacea
Mosses:
Hypnum cupressiforme

Orthotrichum affine

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Rowan


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