Common Whitebeam agg. - Sorbus aria agg.
The pictures shown are representative of the group. Medium sized tree to 25 metres. Leaves oval to elliptical, toothed, dull yellowish green above, densely white downy beneath. Flowers white, 10 to 15 mm in dense flattish heads. Berry scarlet when ripe.
Woods, and hedgerows, often planted.
May and June.
Deciduous.
Found north to the Wye valley, but not common.
Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland but possibly increasing due to the nauralisation of planted specimens. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 13 of the 617 tetrads.
 junction B4114 and Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4935 9252 (taken 8.5..2008).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
08 May 2008
tree in leaf
Graham Calow
Sapcote
14 May 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote
14 May 2014 B4114 at junction with Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4935 9252 (taken 27.4.2008).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
27 April 2008
buds new growth junction B4114 and Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4935 9252 (taken 8.5..2008)..JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
08 May 2008
young leaves, B4114 at junction with Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4935 9252 (taken 19.9.2007).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
19 September 2007
fruit (berries)
 junction B4114 and Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4935 9252 (taken 8.5..2008).JPG)
 B4114 at junction with Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4935 9252 (taken 27.4.2008).JPG)
 new growth junction B4114 and Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4935 9252 (taken 8.5..2008)..JPG)
, B4114 at junction with Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4935 9252 (taken 19.9.2007).JPG)
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Species profile
- Common names
- Common Whitebeam
- Species group:
- Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Rosales
- Family:
- Rosaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 61
- First record:
- 19/09/2007 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 22/07/2025 (axon, kaye)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote
14 May 2014.. B4114 at junction with Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4935 9252 (taken 27.4.2008).JPG)
Graham Calow
Sapcote
27 April 2008
tree in bud
.. B4114 at junction with Sharnford Road Sapcote SP 4935 9252 (taken 27.4.2008).JPG)
Parornix scoticella
The larva of the moth Parornix scoticella feeds on Rowan and Whitebeam and occasionally on Apple. A blotch is formed in the leaf which turns brown, and the larva pupates in a folded portion of the leaf.
Bucculatrix bechsteinella
Bucculatrix bechsteinella is a small moth with a wingspan of 7 to 9 mm. It is pale buff with brown markings. The leafmine produced by the larva is usually on Hawthorn, and is small and in a vein axil, with blackish frass. The exit gallery is clear, and angular in shape.
Pear Leaf Blister Moth
The larva of the Pear Leaf Blister Moth (Leucoptera malifoliella) makes a distinctive round blotch leafmine in a leaf of Apple, Hawthorn or Pear with a spiral frass pattern in concentric rings, sometimes several mines in one leaf.
Phyllonorycter sorbi
The larva of the moth Phyllonorycter sorbi mines the leaves of Rowan or Bird Cherry, and occasionally on Whitebeam or other hosts in the Rosaceae, creating a long tentiform mine along the midrib/eaf-edge on Rowan. The under-surface has several sharp folds. The pupa inside is in a strong white cocoon. The mature larva is yellow with a pale brown head.