"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote

Bob Hobden wrote:
This is obviously an escaped garden plant but it's high up just off the
Winlatter Pass in the Lake District and on the banks of a mountain
stream. Those a glossy pinky berries.....what is it?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/bobhob...57649073279758


Caveats as already given by other people, but I'd lean towards Sorbus
glabriuscula (Sorbus hupehensis hort.) which can have white or pinkish
berries.

There are lots of different rowans grown, but the 5 that turn up reasonably
commonly are Sorbus aucuparia (both the red-berried wild form and the
orange-berried cultivar), Sorbus cachemiriana (large white berries), Sorbus
glabriuscula (pinkish white berries), Sorbus 'Joseph Rock' (pale orange
berries), and one with large clusters of small red berries which I haven't
put a name to (probably Sorbus commixta or Sorbus sargentiana).

Can you give a more precise location, so I can pass the details on to the
country recorder?


I've enlarged the berries and posted it in the reply to Jeff. As you can see
they are a strange eyecatching colour especially in that situation.

The plant is on the Revilin Moss trail on the Winlatter about half way up
from the carpark, keeping the stream on your right.



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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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