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Sorbus scopulina, also known as Greene's mountain-ash, is a North American species of rowan within the rose family. Although it may resemble poisonous species of baneberries , its own fruits are edible.
The name "mountain-ash" for Sorbus domestica is due to a superficial similarity of the rowan leaves to those of the ash, not to be confused with Fraxinus ornus, a true ash that is also known as "mountain ash". [6] Sorbus torminalis is also known as "chequer tree"; its fruits, formerly used to flavour beer, are called "chequers", perhaps from ...
The tree species Sorbus americana is commonly known as the American mountain-ash. [4] It is a deciduous perennial tree, native to eastern North America. [5] The American mountain-ash and related species (most often the European mountain-ash, Sorbus aucuparia) are also referred to as rowan trees.
Sorbus aucuparia, commonly called rowan (/ ˈ r oʊ ən /, [3] also UK: / ˈ r aʊ ən /) and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family.. The tree has a slender trunk with smooth bark, a loose and roundish crown, and its leaves are pinnate in pairs of leaflets on a central vein with a terminal leaflet.
Mountain-ash or rowan, several rose shrubs or trees in the genus Sorbus Australian mountain ash or stringy gum ( Eucalyptus regnans ), a forest tree Topics referred to by the same term
Sorbus aucuparia, European mountain-ash; Sorbus scopulina, greene's mountain-ash; Sorbus sitchensis, Sitka mountain-ash; Spiraea betulifolia, white spirea; Spiraea douglasii, Douglas spiraea; Spiraea splendens, rose meadowsweet; Spiraea × pyramidata, pyramidal spiraea; Waldsteinia idahoensis, Idaho barren strawberry
Sorbus is a genus of over 100 species of trees and shrubs in the rose family, Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus ( s.str. ) are commonly known as rowan or mountain-ash . The genus used to include species commonly known as whitebeam , chequer tree and service tree that are now classified in other genera (see below).
The following species are recognised in the genus Sorbus, many of which are called rowans or mountain-ashes: [1] This list follows a narrow definition of genus Sorbus; species that have been moved to the genera Aria, Torminalis, Cormus, Chamaemespilus, Hedlundia, Scandosorbus, Karpatiosorbus, Mayovskya and Normeyera are not listed.