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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.
The best-known species is the European rowan Sorbus aucuparia, a small tree typically 4–12 metres (13–39 ft) tall growing in a variety of habitats throughout northern Europe and in mountains in southern Europe and southwest Asia.
Sorbus (Sorbus) now genus Sorbus s.s., are commonly known as the rowan (primarily in the UK) or mountain-ash (in Ireland, North America and the UK), with compound leaves usually hairless or thinly hairy below; fruit carpels not fused; the type is Sorbus aucuparia (European rowan). Distribution: cool-temperate Northern Hemisphere. Sorbus (Aria)
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.
The rock whitebeam interbred with the rowan / mountain ash (Sorbus aucuparia) to produce the hybrid, a fertile separate species the Scottish whitebeam (Sorbus arranesis) which grows well in this zone of reduced competitive growth at higher altitudes.
European Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) Common Whitebeam (Aria edulis, syn. Sorbus aria) and several related apomictic microspecies; Service Tree (Cormus domestica, syn. Sorbus domestica; recently [when?] [citation needed] discovered growing wild on a cliff in south Wales) Wild Service Tree (Torminalis glaberrima, syn. Sorbus torminalis) Apples
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In addition to the aforementioned tree species, the most prevalent across the entire Vosges massif are the sessile oak (Quercus petraea) (11%), Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) (8%), mountain maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), and rowan (Sorbus aucuparia). [1]