Lake Nemrut caldera are the trees dwarf juniper ("Juniperus communis"), Norway maple ("Acer platanoides"), European mountain ash ("Sorbus aucuparia"), common buckthorn ("Rhamnus cathartica"), sessile oak ("Quercus petraea"), pedunculate oak ("Quercus robur"), white willow ("Salix alba"), and the shrubs coinwort cotoneaster ("Cotoneaster nummularius"), cherry plum ("Prunus divaricata"), grey willow ("Salix cinerea"), Greek juniper ("Juniperus excelsa"), breaking buckthorn ("Frangula alnus"), alder buckthorn ("Frangula alnus") and mahaleb cherry ("Prunus mahaleb"). Steppe-like vegetation is spread over wide areas in the caldera. Those are mainly species of milkvetch ("Astragalus"). Other subshrubs and herbaceous plants are prickly thrift ("Acantholimon"), sainfoin ("Onobrychis"), sheep's sorrel ("Rumex acetosella"), "Thymus", "Alyssum", sheep's
Sorbus not closely related to the true ash trees which belong to the genus "Fraxinus", although the leaves are superficially similar. As treated in its broad sense, the genus is divided into two main and three or four small subgenera (with more recent generic assignments in parentheses): "Sorbus" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some moth species—see list of Lepidoptera that feed on "Sorbus". "Sorbus domestica" is used to flavour some apple wines, see "Apfelwein. "Sorbus" species are cultivated as ornamental trees for parks and gardens, and have given rise to several cultivars. The following, of mixed