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| name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
| name = ''Sorbus aucuparia''
| common_names = <!--- if multiple, list all, if none, leave blank -->
| common_names = Rowan, European Rowan
| growth_habit = ? <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
| growth_habit = Tree
| high = ? <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
| high = 8-20m
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
| wide = Trunk diameter up to 50cm
| origin = ? <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
| origin = Europe, northern Asia
| poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous -->
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| lifespan = <!--- perennial, annual, etc -->
| lifespan = 50-100 years
| exposure = ? <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
| exposure = full sun, part-sun
| water = ? <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
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| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
| features = flowers, fruit
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5°C (40°F), etc -->
| hardiness = -50°C
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
| bloom = mid to late spring
| usda_zones = ? <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
| usda_zones = 1-7, to 9 where summers cool
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
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| color = IndianRed
| color = IndianRed
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| classis = Rosidae <!--- Class -->
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| ordo = Rosales <!--- Order -->
| familia = <!--- Family -->
| familia = Rosaceae <!--- Family -->
| genus =
| genus = ''Sorbus''
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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.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
Widely grown as an ornamental tree in northern Europe, more locally in northern North America, where also sometimes naturalised.
===Propagation===
===Propagation===
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==Species==
==Subspecies==
*''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.
*''Sorbus aucuparia'' subsp. ''fenenkiana''. [[Bulgaria]] ([[endemism|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 River|Ob]] and [[Irtysh River|Irtysh]] rivers. Tree form; leaves and shoots hairless.
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
==References==
==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
*Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
*Trees for Life Species Profile: [http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.rowan.html Rowan]
*Flora of NW Europe: [http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=2736 ''Sorbus aucuparia'']
==External links==
==External links==
