Sorbus aucuparia L.
(Rowan, Mountain Ash)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSorbus aucuparia (Rowan, Mountain Ash)
GenusSorbus (whitebeams)
FamilyROSACEAE (roses and fruit trees)
OrderROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan, Mountain Ash) :
1: Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan, Mountain Ash)
3 Jul 2005 OSGR: SO23 51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W Vice County: Brecon (VC 42) Wales
Image 1: Growing along ravineImage 2: Growing along ravine (2)Image 3: Growing in ravineImage 4: Growing near top of ravineImage 5: Growing near top of ravine (2)Image 6: Growing on side of ravine
2: Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan, Mountain Ash)
13 Jul 2002 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Berries - on the treeImage 2: Berries - on the tree (2)Image 3: Tree - in berryImage 4: Berries - enlargedImage 5: Berries - enlarged (2)Image 6: Berries - enlarged (3)Image 7: Berries - enlarged (4)Image 8: Berries - magnifiedImage 9: Berries - magnified (2)
3: Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan, Mountain Ash)
14 Jul 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Bark - dryImage 2: Bark - wetImage 3: View up trunk
4: Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan, Mountain Ash)
20 May 2001 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Seedling
5: Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan, Mountain Ash)
10 May 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: FlowersImage 2: Flowers - 6 close-up viewsImage 3: Flowers - close-upImage 4: InflorescenceImage 5: Inflorescence among leavesImage 6: Inflorescence among leaves (2)Image 7: Inflorescence - undersideImage 8: Leaf uppersideImage 9: Leaf upperside - close-up of leafletImage 10: Leaf upperside - close-up of tip of leafletImage 11: Leaf undersideImage 12: Leaf underside - close-up of base of leafletImage 13: Leaf underside - close-up of teeth
6: Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan, Mountain Ash)
22 Mar 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Flower bud - burstingImage 2: Leaf bud - bursting
7: Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan, Mountain Ash)
11 Aug 1968 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Suburban tree
Image 1: Tree

Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan, Mountain Ash) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan, Mountain Ash)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 78 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan, Mountain Ash)
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