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Rosaceae — Rose Family

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Sorbus sambucifolia (Cham. & Schltdl.) M.Roem.

Sorbus sambucifolia is a rowan species native to parts of East Asia, the Russian Far East, and Alaska.

Sorbus scopulina Greene

Sorbus scopulina Greene is a small North American tree/shrub with edible bitter fruits that look like poisonous baneberries.

Sorbus sitchensis M.Roem.

Sorbus sitchensis is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree endemic to northwestern North America with edible tart pinkish red berries.

Spiraea alba Du Roi

Spiraea alba Du Roi, or narrowleaf meadowsweet, is a 3-4 foot shrub that benefits local wildlife and has historical and decorative uses.

Spiraea douglasii Hook.

Spiraea douglasii is a North American native woolly shrub that grows in riparian areas and is invasive in parts of Europe.

Spiraea japonica L.fil.

Spiraea japonica is a deciduous perennial shrub native to East Asia, widely used as an ornamental garden plant.

Spiraea lucida Douglas ex Hook.

Spiraea lucida, shiny-leaf meadowsweet, is a rosaceous flowering plant native to northwestern North America, once classified as a variety of Spiraea betulifolia.

Spiraea prunifolia Siebold & Zucc.

Bridalwreath spirea (Spiraea prunifolia) is a mid-spring flowering shrub native to East Asia, often grown as a garden plant.

Spiraea salicifolia L.

Spiraea salicifolia is a Rosaceae flowering shrub cultivated for hedges since the 1500s, native to northern Asia and east-central Europe and widely introduced elsewhere.

Spiraea splendens Baumann ex K.Koch

Spiraea splendens is a small North American western mountain rose-family shrub that was used to make a tea-like drink by Native Americans.

Spiraea tomentosa L.

Spiraea tomentosa, or steeplebush, is a summer-blooming shrub with medicinal uses, hardy in zones 4 to 8.

Spiraea trilobata L.

Spiraea trilobata is an Asian native flowering Rosaceae species that occasionally naturalizes in the US.

Stranvaesia davidiana Decne.

Chinese photinia, Photinia davidiana, is an Asian ornamental rosaceous shrub or tree reclassified from Stranvaesia in 2019.

Torminalis glaberrima (Gand.) Sennikov & Kurtto

Torminalis glaberrima, the wild service tree, is a rare deciduous hardwood tree native to Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia.

Vauquelinia californica (Torr.) Sarg.

Vauquelinia californica (Arizona rosewood) is an evergreen rosaceous tree/shrub grown as drought-tolerant ornamental native to southwestern North America.

Fragaria nubicola Lindl.

Fragaria nubicola is a Himalayan wild strawberry with no commercial value, whose leaf extracts are studied for potential anti-inflammatory arthritis treatment in animals.