Doward Whitebeam (Sorbus eminentiformis)
Key Details
| Taxonomic Groups: | Vascular plant > flowering plant > Tree |
| Red List Status: | Endangered (Not Relevant) [EN(nr)] |
| D5 Status: | Included in the baseline Red List Index for England (Wilkins, Wilson & Brown, 2022) |
| Section 41 Status: | (not listed) |
| Taxa Included Synonym: | (none) |
| UKSI Recommended Name: | Sorbus eminentiformis |
| UKSI Recommended Authority: | T.C.G.Rich |
| UKSI Recommended Qualifier: | (none specified) |
| Red List Citation: | in Stroh et al., 2014 |
| Notes on taxonomy/listing: | (none) |
Criteria
| Question 1: | Does species need conservation or recovery in England? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Endangered and with a total population probably under 100 trees, it scattered in woodlands and on open rocks, quarries and cliffs on the Great Doward and Symonds Yat, is currently doing well and is stable and under little or no threat in protected site Upper Wye Gorge SSSI. |
| Question 2: | Does recovery/ conservation depend on species-specific actions? |
| Response: | No |
| Justification: | Current stable (even if rare) and under little/no threat. |
| Question 3: | At a landscape scale, would the species benefit from untargeted habitat management to increase habitat mosaics, structural diversity, or particular successional stages? |
| Response: | Yes |
| Justification: | Reintroduction of woodland coppicing management across woodlands in Upper Wye Gorge SSSI and Wye Valley in general - especially along cliff edges - would benefit whitebeams and some hawkweeds |
Species Assessment
Not relevant as no Key Actions defined.
Key Actions
No Key Actions Defined
Acknowledgment:
Data used on this website are adapted from Threatened species recovery actions 2025 baseline (JP065): Technical report and spreadsheet user guide (Natural England, 2025). Available here.