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'''''Sorbus aucuparia''''', commonly called '''rowan''' (UK: /ˈrəʊən/, US: /ˈroʊən/)<ref>https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/rowan</ref> and '''mountain-ash''', is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the [[Rosaceae|rose family]]. It is a highly variable species, and [[botanist]]s have used different [[Circumscription (taxonomy)|definitions]] of the species to include or exclude trees native to certain areas; a recent definition<ref name=McAllister>{{cite book|author=McAllister, H.A.|year=2005|title=The genus ''Sorbus'': Mountain Ash and other Rowans|publisher=Kew Publishing|isbn=9781842460887}}</ref> includes trees native to most of Europe and parts of Asia, as well as northern Africa. The range extends from [[Madeira]], the British Isles and [[Iceland]] to [[Russia]] and northern [[China]]. Unlike many plants with similar distributions, it is not native to Japan.<ref name=McAllister/>
''S. aucuparia'' 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. It blossoms from May to June in dense corymbs of small yellowish white flowers and develops small red [[pome]]s as
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