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Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz

wild service tree (Rosaceae)

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Sorbus torminalis is the ‘chequers’ tree, after which many pubs are named, because its fruit were used in brewing.

North Ferriby (VC61: South-East Yorkshire); 2018-08-26

 wild service tree / Sorbus torminalis: _Sorbus torminalis_ is the ‘chequers’ tree, after which many pubs are named, because its fruit were used in brewing.

Sorbus torminalis grows over clay or limestone in low-lying areas of England and Wales; its leaves are distinctively shaped, with decreasingly deep and long, pointed lobes.

Oxford (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2015-08-05

 wild service tree / Sorbus torminalis: _Sorbus torminalis_ grows over clay or limestone in low-lying areas of England and Wales; its leaves are distinctively shaped, with decreasingly deep and long, pointed lobes.

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