<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Portraits of Wildflowers]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Steve Schwartzman]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com/author/wordconnections/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Western mountain ash]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/western-mountain-ash-with-fruit-cluster-7127.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="35751" data-permalink="https://portraitsofwildflowers.wordpress.com/2017/10/08/western-mountain-ash/western-mountain-ash-with-fruit-cluster-7127/" data-orig-file="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/western-mountain-ash-with-fruit-cluster-7127.jpg" data-orig-size="870,588" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Steven Schwartzman&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5DS R&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1504131363&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Steven Schwartzman&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;320&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Western Mountain Ash with Fruit Cluster 7127" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/western-mountain-ash-with-fruit-cluster-7127.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/western-mountain-ash-with-fruit-cluster-7127.jpg?w=870" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-35751" src="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/western-mountain-ash-with-fruit-cluster-7127.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=692" alt="" srcset="https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/western-mountain-ash-with-fruit-cluster-7127.jpg 870w, https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/western-mountain-ash-with-fruit-cluster-7127.jpg?w=150&amp;h=101 150w, https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/western-mountain-ash-with-fruit-cluster-7127.jpg?w=300&amp;h=203 300w, https://portraitsofwildflowers.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/western-mountain-ash-with-fruit-cluster-7127.jpg?w=768&amp;h=519 768w" sizes="(max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px"   /></a></p>
<p>At various places in Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park we noticed plants with conspicuous clusters of orange fruits, like this one in Glacier National Park on August 30th. Teagan Tomlin of the National Park Service identified it for me as western mountain ash, <a href="https://www.swcoloradowildflowers.com/Tree%20Enlarged%20Photo%20Pages/sorbus%20scopulina.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Sorbus scopulina</em></a>. Notice how the orange discolorations on some of the leaflets match the color of the fruit.</p>
<p>© 2017 Steven Schwartzman</p>
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