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As treated in its broad sense, the genus is divided into two main and three or four small subgenera: 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).
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 latter is a compound of the name of the ash tree (Esche) with what is contemporarily the name of the boar (Eber), but in fact the continuation of a Gaulish name, eburo-(also the name for a dark reddish-brown colour, cognate with Greek orphnos, Old Norse iarpr "brown"); like sorbus, eburo-seems to have referred to the colour of the berries ...
Berries (August to October), edible when ripe (turning upside down) and cooked; raw berries are mildly poisonous [29] Whitebeam: 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 ...
A non-native plant is known to poison — and often kill — hundreds of birds in North Carolina each winter. Nandina domestica, often known as Heavenly Bamboo, is often used in yard landscaping ...
The berries and leaves of several species are mildly toxic to humans, dogs, cats, livestock, rabbits, and tortoises, containing terpenoid glycosides which can cause extreme irritation to the hands and mouth upon contact and digestive distress if ingested; children and small animals are particularly susceptible. [151]
“The leaves are more toxic than the berries. Reports of more severe signs (low heart rate, seizures) are really only seen with grazing animals that ingest large amounts.”
Sorbus arachnoidea Koehne; Sorbus arvonensis Sell [2] Sorbus aucuparia L. Sorbus bissetii McAll. Sorbus bulleyana McAll. Sorbus californica Greene; Sorbus carmesina McAll. Sorbus cashmiriana Hedl. Sorbus cibagouensis H.Peng & Z.J.Yin; Sorbus cinereopubescens McAll. Sorbus commixta Hedl. Sorbus coxii McAll. Sorbus decora (Sarg.) C.K.Schneid ...