Sorbus aucuparia: Difference between revisions

''Sorbus aucuparia'' is a small tree or shrub that grows up to between about {{Convert|5 and 15|m|abbr=off}} in height.<ref name="Schauer">Schauer 2001, p. 342</ref> The [[crown (botany)|crown]] is loose and roundish or irregularly shaped but wide and the plant often grows multiple trunks.<ref name="Zauner">Zauner 2000, p. 52</ref><ref name="Harz">Harz 2009, p. 72</ref> A trunk is slender and cylindrical and reaches up to {{Convert|40|cm|abbr=off|frac=2}} in diameter, and the branches stick out and are slanted upwards.<ref name="Kosmos">Erlbeck, Haseder, Stinglwagner 1998, p. 166</ref> The bark of a young plant is yellowish gray and gleaming and becomes gray-black with lengthwise cracks in advanced age; it descales in small flakes.<ref name="Godet94">Godet 1994, p. 52</ref><ref name="Harz" /> Lenticels in the bark are elongated and colored a bright ocher.<ref name="Godet081">Godet 2008, p. 110</ref> The plant does not often grow older than 80 years and is one of the shortest-lived trees in temperate climate.<ref name="Harz" /><ref name="Laudert57">Laudert 1999, p. 57</ref> The wood has a wide reddish white [[Sapwood (wood)|sapwood]] and a light brown to reddish brown [[heartwood]]. It is diffuse-porous, flexible, elastic, and tough, but not durable, with a density of {{Convert|600 to 700|kg/m3|abbr=off}} in a dried state.<ref name="Godet94" /> The roots grow wide and deep, and the plant is capable of [[root sprout]]ing and can regenerate after [[coppicing]].<ref name="Kosmos" />

 

 

The buds are often longer than {{cvt|1|cm|frac=8}} and have flossy to felted hairs.<ref name="Harz" /> These hairs, which disappear over time, cover dark brown to black bud scales.<ref name="Godet08" /> The terminal buds are oval and pointed and larger than axillary buds, which are narrow, oval and pointed, close to the twig, and often curved towards it.<ref name="Godet081" /><ref name="Godet08" />