Sorbus decora (Sarg.) C.K.Schneid.

Shrub or tree to 10 m; winter-buds glutinous, the principal scales glutinous on the back, the inner usually conspicuously brown-ciliate; lfls oblong or oblong-elliptic, abruptly short-acuminate or merely acute, 3.5–8 cm, (2–)2.5–3(3.5) times as long as wide, sharply serrate, paler and glabrous or sparsely pilose beneath; infl 6–15 cm wide; hypanthium glabrous or very sparsely pilose; pet orbicular, 4–5 mm, about equaling the stamens; fr 7–10 mm thick; 2n=68. Moist or dry, often rocky soil; Lab. to Minn., s. to Conn., N.Y., n. O., n. Ind., and ne. Io. May, June. (Pyrus d.; Sorbus subvestita)

Moist or dry woods, montane woods, rocky slopes, lake and stream shores, thickets; at elevations up to 1,300 metres. Woods, rocky slopes and shores. Found in various soils and conditions.

The fruit can be eaten raw or are cooked in preserves, jams etc. They taste best after a frost.

Can be grown by cuttings, graftings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.