Sorbus vilmorinii Sorbus vilmorinii Sorbus vilmorinii, the Vilmorin's rowan or Vilmorin's mountain ash (), is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to Sichuan, Tibet and Yunnan in China. It is a deciduous shrub or small tree, tall, with ferny leaves, each having multiple leaflets that turn purple in autumn (fall). The fruits, which can last through winter, are crimson, turning to pale pink. They are eaten by birds when there is no other food supply nearby. The specific epithet "vilmorinii" refers to the 19th century French horticulturalist Maurice de Vilmorin. It grows in a wide range of habitats
Sorbus aucuparia birds and are thus propagated by being passed intact in their droppings. The fruit are eaten by about 60 bird species and several mammals. They are liked particularly by thrushes and other songbirds, and are also eaten by cloven-hoofed game, red fox, European badger, dormouse, and squirrel. Fruit of "S. aucuparia" are used as a food source by migratory birds in winter, including Bohemian waxwing, spotted nutcracker, and redwing. Cloven-hoofed game also excessively browse foliage and bark. The plant roots can be found in symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal and less commonly with ectomycorrhizal fungi. It is usually later superseded by