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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 ...
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 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 aria: Central and southern Europe: Berries, edible raw once overripe [30] Rowan, Mountain-ash: Sorbus aucuparia: Native to most of Europe except for the far south, and northern Asia: Berries (August to November), bitter, but can be cooked to form a jelly, or used as a flavouring [31] Wild service-tree: Sorbus torminalis
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
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.
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).