"vicusplum" wrote


'Bob Hobden[ Wrote:
Came across this small tree on a walk on the Revelin Moss
trail on the
Winlatter Pass in the Lake District, Cumbria, UK. looked so out of place

amongst the greens and browns of autumn.

It is a Sorbus, otherwise known as mountain ash. There are lots of
different species and a lot of them have red berries which is more
commonly seen.

That was one thought but if you look at the second photo the fruit are
spread throughout the bush/tree in ones and twos whereas Mountain Ash
usually has it's fruit in bunches although the individual fruit do look
Sorbus like. I'm convinced it's an escaped garden plant, if it's not it
should be in cultivation.
--
Regards. Bob Hobden.
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