Tree of the day: Sorbus vilmorinii, Vilmorin's rowan, Harris Garden
Sorbus vilmorinii is a species of deciduous broadleaf flowering plants (in the Rosaceae or Rose family), native to Yunnan.
Sorbus vilmorinii is a species of deciduous broadleaf flowering plants (in the Rosaceae or Rose family), native to Yunnan. It is a small tree, growing to about 5 metres in height, which is found in many kinds of habitat in its native range. It has about ten pairs of small oval leaves, each with small teeth, arranged on opposite sides of a stem, with one more at the end (botanically described as leaflets comprising a compound leaf). In May it bears small white flowers in large clusters, which yield small red fruit (not good for human consumption) in late summer, turning paler during autumn. Sorbus vilmorinii is of the same genus, quite similar to but smaller than Sorbus aucuparia, the native rowan (also present in Whiteknights Park).
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank: Rupert Taylor, Owen Johnson, Alastair Culham, Jonathan Mitchley, Jordan Bilsborrow, Marcus Wheeler, Benoît Vannière, Miguel Teixeira and Claire Hawkins for tree identifications; Brian Hunt and Trevor Smith for testing routes and contributing text; Dylan Parkes, Martin Watts, Emilija Rudzinskaite, Brian and Trevor for collaboration on the centenary project; Dan Hodson for useful code examples; Studio Lift for website style; Brian, Trevor and Nathanaël van Twillert for comments and suggestions on website user experience; Benoît, Marcus, Steve George, Mark Wrightham, Brian, Trevor, the Friends of the University of Reading, and other friends for their encouragement during the development of the website; the University and its grounds staff for maintaining Whiteknights Park.