Common
Name: Whitebeam
Latin
Name: Sorbus Aria
Type:
Deciduous
Location:
Highfield Park
Ultimate
height: 8 – 12m
Ultimate
spread: 4 – 8m
Located
Sorbus Aria height: 4m
Overall
shape: Spreading or domed crown
Leaf
Shape: Hairy, oval shaped and sometimes with toothed or shallowly lobed
margins. Undersides of leaves bright white in colour when first opened,
gradually becoming greener in colour as the upper surface falls downwards.
Bark:
Grey in colour, either ridged or smooth.
Preferred
soil type: Moist but well-drained loam, sand, clay or chalk.
Fruit/Flowers:
Fruits are 1.5cm in length, ovoid shape. Red in colour by September furthering
appearing in white stalked clusters by May.
Distribution:
Native to southern Britain
This particular Sorbus Aria is
located amongst a mixed woodland in close proximity to a small stream.
Surrounding the tree is a grid like pattern of multiple Sorbus Aria proving the
planting of this tree to be intentional. The ground conditions were very
moist, potentially from the heavy rainfall. I took a sample of lower level soil
and carried out soil pH tests which read to have a pH of 6.0 indicating the soil to
be Acidic
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| pH chart (GARDENERS mate) |
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| My illustration of the Sorbs Aria |
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