Wild service tree

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Name (Latin)
Wild service tree
Other forms of name
Checker tree
Checkers tree
Checkertree
Chequer tree
Chequers tree
Service tree, Wild
Sorbus torminalis
Torminalis clusii
See Also From tracing topical name
Sorbus
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q147459
Library of congress: sh2010013501
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Roper, P. Chequer, 2004:p. facing t.p. verso (the chequer or wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis) text ("Chequer" is the local name for the tree in South East England; "Wild Service" is the generally accepted English name)
  • Wikipedia, 7 Sept. 2010:under Sorbus torminalis (Sorbus torminalis, syn. Torminalis clusii, Wild Service Tree, sometimes known as the Chequer(s) Tree or Checker(s) Tree, is a species of Sorbus native to Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia)
  • Botanical Soc. of the Britsh Isles website, 7 Sept. 2010:species (Sorbus torminalis, Wild Service-tree; an obsolete name is the Chequers Tree)
  • Habitat Aid website, 7 Sept. 2010:catalogue (Wild Service Tree, Sorbus torminalis; distinct from the Service Tree, Sorbus domesticus; the Wild Service Tree, also known as the "Chequer Tree", is now one of our rarest native trees)
  • USDA NRCS Plants Database, 7 Sept. 2010(Sorbus torminalis, checkertree)