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| common_names = Rowan, European Rowan
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Rowan is a small to medium-sized [[deciduous]] [[tree]] typically growing to 8–10 m tall, more rarely 20 m, and exceptionally to 28 m. The [[bark]] is smooth, silvery grey of young trees, becoming scaly pale grey-brown and occasionally fissured on old trees. The shoots are green and variably hairy at first, becoming grey-brown and hairless; the buds are conspicuous, purple-brown, and often densely hairy. The [[leaf|leaves]] are pinnate, 10–22 cm long and 612 cm broad, with 9–19 (most often 13–15) leaflets; each leaflet is 3–7 cm long and 15–23 mm broad, with a coarsely serrated margin; they are variably hairy, particularly the petiole and leaf veins on the underside. The [[flower]]s are hermaphrodite, produced in large terminal [[corymb]]s 8–15 cm diameter with up to 250 flowers, the individual flowers 1 cm diameter, with five creamy-white [[petal]]s, and are insect pollinated. The [[fruit]] is a small [[pome]] 6–9 mm (rarely up to 14 mm) diameter, green at first, ripening bright red in late summer, and containing up to eight (most commonly two) small [[seed]]s.
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Sorbus aucuparia, Linn. (Pyrus Aucuparia, Gaertn.). European Mountain-ash. Rowan Tree. Fig. 3649. Round-headed tree, 20-40, occasionally 60 ft. high: young branchlets pubescent, grayish brown when older: petioles more or less tomentose; lfts. 9-15, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, serrate, entire toward the base, dull green above, pubescent beneath or rarely glabrous, 3/4 - 2 in. long: fls. white, 1/3 in. across, in flat, 4-6-in.-broad, tomentose or sometimes almost glabrous corymbs; stamens about as long as petals: fr. globose, about 1/3 in. across, bright red. May, June. Eu. to W. Asia and Siberia. H.W. 3:54, pp. 78, 79. Var. dulcis, Kraetzl (var. moravica, Zengerling). Almost glabrous: petioles purplish; lfts. oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long, glaucescent beneath, usually serrate only above the middle. The frs. are of an agreeable acid flavor and recommended for preserves. The tree thrives well in cold northern climates where hardly any other fr.-tree will grow. G.M. 52:887. Var. rossica, Spaeth, is similar and also bears edible fr., but the lfts. are larger and broader and more serrate. Var. Beissneri, Rehd. (var. dulcis laciniata, Beissn., not var. laciniata, Hartm.), is a handsome and graceful form of var. dulcis with the lfts. pinnately lobed and the lf .-stalks and young branchlets bright red. G.W. 3:267. Var. fastigiata, Loud., forms a narrow pyramidal tree, with upright branches. Var. pendula, Hort., has long and slender pendulous branches. M.D. 1911, p. 246. Var. integerrima, Lange. Lfts. entire or nearly so. Var. Fifeana, Dipp. (var. fructuluteo, Hort.). Fr. yellow. There are also varieties with variegated foliage.—This species is often planted as a street tree in mountain regions of Eu.
 
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==Cultivation==
 
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Widely grown as an ornamental tree in northern Europe, more locally in northern North America, where also sometimes naturalised.
  
 
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*''Sorbus aucuparia'' subsp. ''aucuparia''. Temperate Europe and northwest Asia, south to central [[Spain]], central [[Italy]], and northernmost [[Greece]], and east to the [[Ob River|Ob]] and [[Irtysh River|Irtysh]] rivers. Tree form; leaves and shoots hairy.
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*''Sorbus aucuparia'' subsp. ''fenenkiana''. [[Bulgaria]] ([[endemism|endemic]]).
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*''Sorbus aucuparia'' subsp. ''glabrata'' (syn. ''S. glabrata''). Subarctic regions, from [[Iceland]], northernmost [[Scotland]] ([[Orkney]], [[Shetland]]), northern [[Scandinavia]], northwest [[Russia]], and also locally at [[tree line]] in central Europe in the [[Alps]] and [[Carpathians]]. Shrubby; leaves and shoots less hairy.
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*''Sorbus aucuparia'' subsp. ''praemorsa''. High altitudes in the Mediterranean region in France ([[Corsica]]) and Italy ([[Sicily]] and [[Calabria]]).
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*''Sorbus aucuparia'' subsp. ''sibirica'' (syn. ''S. sibirica''). Temperate northern Asia, east of the [[Ob River|Ob]] and [[Irtysh River|Irtysh]] rivers. Tree form; leaves and shoots hairless.
  
 
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==References==
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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*Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
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*Trees for Life Species Profile: [http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.rowan.html Rowan]
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*Flora of NW Europe: [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=2736 ''Sorbus aucuparia'']
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Plant Characteristics
Lifespan: ⌛ 50-100 years"50-100 years" is not in the list (perennial, annual, biennial, unknown) of allowed values for the "Lifespan" property.
Origin: ✈ Europe, northern Asia
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ full sun"full sun" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property., part-sun
Features: ✓ flowers, fruit
Scientific Names

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Rowan is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree typically growing to 8–10 m tall, more rarely 20 m, and exceptionally to 28 m. The bark is smooth, silvery grey of young trees, becoming scaly pale grey-brown and occasionally fissured on old trees. The shoots are green and variably hairy at first, becoming grey-brown and hairless; the buds are conspicuous, purple-brown, and often densely hairy. The leaves are pinnate, 10–22 cm long and 612 cm broad, with 9–19 (most often 13–15) leaflets; each leaflet is 3–7 cm long and 15–23 mm broad, with a coarsely serrated margin; they are variably hairy, particularly the petiole and leaf veins on the underside. The flowers are hermaphrodite, produced in large terminal corymbs 8–15 cm diameter with up to 250 flowers, the individual flowers 1 cm diameter, with five creamy-white petals, and are insect pollinated. The fruit is a small pome 6–9 mm (rarely up to 14 mm) diameter, green at first, ripening bright red in late summer, and containing up to eight (most commonly two) small seeds.

Cultivation

Widely grown as an ornamental tree in northern Europe, more locally in northern North America, where also sometimes naturalised.

Propagation

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Pests and diseases

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Subspecies

  • Sorbus aucuparia subsp. aucuparia. Temperate Europe and northwest Asia, south to central Spain, central Italy, and northernmost Greece, and east to the Ob and Irtysh rivers. Tree form; leaves and shoots hairy.
  • Sorbus aucuparia subsp. fenenkiana. Bulgaria (endemic).
  • Sorbus aucuparia subsp. glabrata (syn. S. glabrata). Subarctic regions, from Iceland, northernmost Scotland (Orkney, Shetland), northern Scandinavia, northwest Russia, and also locally at tree line in central Europe in the Alps and Carpathians. Shrubby; leaves and shoots less hairy.
  • Sorbus aucuparia subsp. praemorsa. High altitudes in the Mediterranean region in France (Corsica) and Italy (Sicily and Calabria).
  • Sorbus aucuparia subsp. sibirica (syn. S. sibirica). Temperate northern Asia, east of the Ob and Irtysh rivers. Tree form; leaves and shoots hairless.

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References

  • Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
  • Trees for Life Species Profile: Rowan
  • Flora of NW Europe: Sorbus aucuparia

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