"is attested from the 1520s in the sense ""fruit of the service tree"", adopted via French ""sorbe"" from Latin ""sorbum"" ""service-berry"". ""Sorbus domestica"" is also known as ""whitty pear"", the adjective whitty meaning ""pinnate"". The name ""mountain-ash"" for ""Sorbus domestica"" is due to a superficial similarity of the rowan leaves to those of the ash, not to be confused in ""Fraxinus ornus"", a true ash that is also known as ""mountain ash"". ""Sorbus torminalis"" is also known as ""chequer tree""; its fruits, formerly used to flavour beer, are called ""chequers"", perhaps from the spotted pattern of the fruit. The name"
"near Braidwood to Mount Tomah in the Blue Mountains. Usually found at a relatively high altitude on moist soils of a poor to medium level of fertility. Eucalyptus dendromorpha Eucalyptus dendromorpha, the Budawang Ash is an uncommon eucalyptus of south eastern Australia. It is usually a small tree or mallee, though larger specimens can exceed 40 metres in height. The specific epithet ""dendromorpha"" is made of two parts; “tree” and “shape”. The original specimen was collected in June 1901, by Richard Cambage at Macquarie Pass, west of Albion Park near Wollongong. Similar to the White Ash, the upper bark is"
"Alphitonia petriei Alphitonia petriei known as the White Ash is a rainforest tree in the Buckthorn family. It grows in eastern and northern Australia. Other common names include Red Ash, White-leaf, Pink Almond and Pink Ash. It was originally collected from the Johnston River near Kuranda, and named in 1925 by K.W. Braid. The authors gave it the species name ""petriei"" after W.R. Petrie, who alerted them to its distinctness. ""Alphitonia petriei"" is usually found as a small tree around tall. However, it has been recorded at tall with a stem diameter of 60 cm in Queensland. The trunk and"
"messmate stringybark and sometimes sold as ""Vic Ash"", ""Victorian Ash"", or ""Tasmanian Oak"". Alpine ash often grows in naturally occurring pure stands and regenerates only from seed. While occasional fires do not severely impact alpine ash forest, repeated fires in the same area can destroy stands because it takes roughly twenty years for seedlings to reach sexual maturity. Eucalyptus delegatensis Eucalyptus delegatensis, commonly known as alpine ash, woollybutt, gum-topped stringybark, and white-top, is a sub-alpine or temperate tree of southeastern Australia. A straight, grey-trunked tree, it reaches heights of over 90 metres in suitable conditions. The tallest currently known specimen"
"particularly birds in the winter and early spring. Sorbus decora Sorbus decora, commonly known as the northern mountain ash, showy mountain-ash, or dogberry, is a deciduous shrub or very small tree native to northeastern North America. It occurs throughout the Laurentian Mixed Forest Province, the New England-Acadian forest region, and the eastern Canadian boreal forests. Showy mountain-ash grows tall. Its leaves are odd-pinnately compound, with 11–17 leaflets. Each leaflet is long and wide. All parts are hairless to slightly hairy. Flowers are borne in 125- to more than 400-flowered panicles across. Each flower is across and has five white petals"
"Eucalyptus oreades Eucalyptus oreades, commonly known as the Blue Mountains ash, is a species of eucalyptus native to eastern Australia. First collected by Richard Thomas Baker and Henry George Smith at Adelina Falls near Lawson in the Blue Mountains on 22 April 1899, ""Eucalyptus oreades"" was described by Baker. The species name is derived from Ancient Greek ""oreades"" ""of the mountains"". Other common names include smooth-barked mountain ash and white ash. ""Eucalyptus oreades"" can reach 40 m in height, with a trunk up to 1.8 m (6 ft) in diameter at chest height. The smooth pale bark is deciduous, shedding"
"product called manna (see ""Fraxinus ornus""). Fraxinus angustifolia"" subsp. ""angustifolia has become a weed in many parts of Australia, where it is known as ""Desert Ash"". It has been widely planted as a street and park tree, and has spread to native bushland and grasslands, as well as stream banks and drainage lines, out-competing native plants for moisture, light and nutrients. Fraxinus angustifolia Fraxinus angustifolia, the narrow-leafed ash, is a species of ""Fraxinus"" native to central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, and southwest Asia. It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20–30 m tall with a trunk up to"
"Rowan The rowans or mountain-ashes are shrubs or trees in the genus ""Sorbus"" of the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native throughout the cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in the mountains of western China and the Himalaya, where numerous apomictic microspecies occur. The name ""rowan"" was originally applied to the species ""Sorbus aucuparia"" and is also used for other species in ""Sorbus"" subgenus ""Sorbus"". Formerly, when a wider variety of fruits were commonly eaten in Europe and North America, ""Sorbus"" was a domestically used fruit throughout these regions. It is still used in"
"Sorbus decora Sorbus decora, commonly known as the northern mountain ash, showy mountain-ash, or dogberry, is a deciduous shrub or very small tree native to northeastern North America. It occurs throughout the Laurentian Mixed Forest Province, the New England-Acadian forest region, and the eastern Canadian boreal forests. Showy mountain-ash grows tall. Its leaves are odd-pinnately compound, with 11–17 leaflets. Each leaflet is long and wide. All parts are hairless to slightly hairy. Flowers are borne in 125- to more than 400-flowered panicles across. Each flower is across and has five white petals long, 14–20 stamens, and carpels with 3–4 styles."
"trees. The tallest regrowth mountain ash in Victoria is currently named Artemis which can be found near Beenak at 302 feet (92.1 m) while the Ada Tree at 236 feet (72 m) is thought to be between 350 and 450 years old, but with a senescent crown and is a popular tourist destination in State forest east of Powelltown. Australia's the tallest measured living specimen of mountain ash, named Centurion, stands at 327.5 feet tall (99.6 m) in Tasmania. Whether a mountain ash over 400 feet high ever existed in Victoria is now almost impossible to substantiate but the early"
"Trochocarpa montana Trochocarpa montana, the Mountain Tree Heath is an Australian shrub or small tree. It occurs at high altitude from the Barrington Tops to the Dorrigo region of northern New South Wales. The habitat is above 1000 metres above sea level in cool temperate rainforest, usually dominated by Antarctic Beech or Sassafras. The Latin specific epithet ""montana"" refers to mountains or coming from mountains. A small tree or shrub. The crooked trunk can be up to 30 cm in diameter, slightly flanged at the base. Often seen a few metres tall, but it can grow to ten metres. The"
"Sorbus aucuparia Sorbus aucuparia, commonly called rowan and mountain-ash, is a species of deciduous tree or shrub in the rose family. It is a highly variable species, and botanists have used different definitions of the species to include or exclude trees native to certain areas; a recent definition includes trees native to most of Europe and parts of Asia, as well as northern Africa. The range extends from Madeira and Iceland to Russia and northern China. Unlike many plants with similar distributions, it is not native to Japan. ""S. aucuparia"" has a slender trunk with smooth bark, a loose and"
"Eucalyptus kybeanensis Eucalyptus kybeanensis, the Kybean Mallee Ash is an uncommon mountain eucalyptus of south eastern Australia. Usually a multi-stemmed mallee or small tree reaching 15 metres in height. Bark is smooth; near white, grey or somewhat greenish. ""Scribbles"" may be seen on the bark. The specific epithet ""kybeanensis"" refers to the location of the original specimen. Collected by Richard Cambage in November 1908 on sandy conglomerate soils, near the Kydra Trig of the Kybean Range. Which is part of the Great Dividing Range, around 26 kilometres from the town of Nimmitabel in south eastern New South Wales. The main"
"years of age do have a skirt of thicker corky bark which helps them resist low-intensity fires. Very fast growing in cultivation, ""Eucalyptus oreades"" is grown in plantations for timber, both in Australia and overseas in New Zealand and South Africa. Eucalyptus oreades Eucalyptus oreades, commonly known as the Blue Mountains ash, is a species of eucalyptus native to eastern Australia. First collected by Richard Thomas Baker and Henry George Smith at Adelina Falls near Lawson in the Blue Mountains on 22 April 1899, ""Eucalyptus oreades"" was described by Baker. The species name is derived from Ancient Greek ""oreades"" ""of"
"Eucalyptus delegatensis Eucalyptus delegatensis, commonly known as alpine ash, woollybutt, gum-topped stringybark, and white-top, is a sub-alpine or temperate tree of southeastern Australia. A straight, grey-trunked tree, it reaches heights of over 90 metres in suitable conditions. The tallest currently known specimen is located in Tasmania and is 87.9 m tall. This height is sufficient to make it the 10th tallest species of tree. Among eucalypts, only ""Eucalyptus regnans"" grows taller. Alpine ash is a member of the Stringybark Group of eucalypts. The bark is thick, fibrous, and woolly at the base and smooth on the smaller branches. In the"
"Although not widely cultivated it is suitable for windbreaks or low shade areas and will grow quickly in sandy, acid type soils. Eucalyptus remota Eucalyptus remota, commonly known as the Kangaroo Island ash, the Kangaroo Island mallee ash, or the Mount Taylor mallee, is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family that is endemic to South Australia. First described by the botanist William Blakely in 1934 in the journal ""Key Eucalypts"" from samples collected by W.Gill in 1907 on Kangaroo Island. The tree has a mallee habit and can grow to a height with rough,finely-fissured, fibrous, grey bark on"
"Eucalyptus remota Eucalyptus remota, commonly known as the Kangaroo Island ash, the Kangaroo Island mallee ash, or the Mount Taylor mallee, is a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family that is endemic to South Australia. First described by the botanist William Blakely in 1934 in the journal ""Key Eucalypts"" from samples collected by W.Gill in 1907 on Kangaroo Island. The tree has a mallee habit and can grow to a height with rough,finely-fissured, fibrous, grey bark on the lower part of the trunk with smooth, grey to yellow-cream bark above. Adult leaves are glossy, dark green to blue-green in"
"Eucalyptus dendromorpha Eucalyptus dendromorpha, the Budawang Ash is an uncommon eucalyptus of south eastern Australia. It is usually a small tree or mallee, though larger specimens can exceed 40 metres in height. The specific epithet ""dendromorpha"" is made of two parts; “tree” and “shape”. The original specimen was collected in June 1901, by Richard Cambage at Macquarie Pass, west of Albion Park near Wollongong. Similar to the White Ash, the upper bark is smooth and pale, often covered with ""scribbles"". It is found growing in a variety of situations in central and southern areas of New South Wales, from Monga"
"million people with some of the highest quality drinking water, help to protect a greater portion of Mountain Ash forest and provide a greater area for protecting endangered and rare wildlife. Overall, the proposed park will protect approximately all of Victoria's Central Highlands. Yarra Ranges National Park Yarra Ranges National Park is located in the southeastern region of Australia, in the Victoria Central Highlands, 107 kilometres northeast of Melbourne. Established in 1995 and managed by the statutory authority Parks Victoria, the carbon-rich forest is home to the majestic Mountain Ash Tree, one of the tallest tree species in the world."
"Eucalyptus regnans Eucalyptus regnans, known variously as mountain ash, swamp gum, or stringy gum, is a species of ""Eucalyptus"" native to Tasmania and the state of Victoria in southeastern Australia. It is the tallest flowering plant and one of the tallest trees in the world, second to the coast redwood (""Sequoia sempervirens""). A straight-trunked tree with smooth grey bark and a stocking of rough brown bark to above the ground, it regularly grows to , with the tallest living specimen, the Centurion, standing tall in Tasmania. The white flowers appear in autumn. Victorian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller described the species"
"Claret Ash The Claret ash or Raywood ash is a cultivar of ash tree, a seedling variant of the Caucasian ash (""Fraxinus angustifolia"" subsp. ""oxycarpa""). The original seedling was discovered near a group of assorted ash trees in Sewell's nursery in the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia about 1910, and later grown at the nearby property ""Raywood"" (former home of the Downer family). The tree was introduced to Britain in 1928 and to North America in 1956, although it did not become widely available there until 1979. The tree grows to around and has dark green leaves that turn"
"Emmenosperma alphitonioides Emmenosperma alphitonioides known as the Yellow Ash or Bonewood is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows from Clyde River, New South Wales near Batemans Bay (35° S), to Cape York Peninsula in at the most northerly part of Australia. It grows in many different types of rainforest, in tropical, sub tropical and warm temperate rainforests. Growing to around 35 metres tall, and in diameter. The outer bark is fissured, silvery grey. The fissures become more evident on larger trees. The trunk is somewhat flanged at the base. The leaves appear almost ""featureless"", green, opposite, not toothed,"
"areas of distribution however, are on the highland country of the Australian Alps, particularly in the state of Victoria. Eucalyptus kybeanensis Eucalyptus kybeanensis, the Kybean Mallee Ash is an uncommon mountain eucalyptus of south eastern Australia. Usually a multi-stemmed mallee or small tree reaching 15 metres in height. Bark is smooth; near white, grey or somewhat greenish. ""Scribbles"" may be seen on the bark. The specific epithet ""kybeanensis"" refers to the location of the original specimen. Collected by Richard Cambage in November 1908 on sandy conglomerate soils, near the Kydra Trig of the Kybean Range. Which is part of the"
"Eucalyptus cunninghamii Eucalyptus cunninghamii is a small plant which grows in the Blue Mountains of eastern Australia. The common name is cliff mallee ash. It is one of the smallest of all the many hundreds of the eucalyptus genus. Some of which grow to enormous size. However, some mature plants of the cliff mallee ash are less than a metre tall. Often seen around 1.5 metres tall. Rarely reaching three metres in height. Despite being locally abundant, it is a rare plant, with a ROTAP rating of 2RCa. Named after the Australian explorer, Allan Cunningham. Recognized by the small narrow"
"tree is known by different names across the western and northern regions of India, e.g. Shami in Maharastra, Jammi in Telangana, Khijro in Gujarat, Khejri in Rajasthan, Janti in Haryana and Jand in Punjab. <br>In Karnataka, ""Acacia ferruginea"" has also been locally referred to as ""Banni mara"" in place of the accepted Khejri tree and erroneously accepted as the tree where the Pandavas hid their weapons during exile. There are also some unconfirmed references which consider ""Acacia ferruginea"" as the tree which is revered and worshipped on Vijay-Dashami day. However as per historical references, ""Prosopis cineraria"" is the tree which"
"leaves, slightly paler on one side of the leaf. The habitat is poor shallow soil in high rainfall areas, with regular fires and occasional snow. Eucalyptus cunninghamii Eucalyptus cunninghamii is a small plant which grows in the Blue Mountains of eastern Australia. The common name is cliff mallee ash. It is one of the smallest of all the many hundreds of the eucalyptus genus. Some of which grow to enormous size. However, some mature plants of the cliff mallee ash are less than a metre tall. Often seen around 1.5 metres tall. Rarely reaching three metres in height. Despite being"
"previously confused with other tree species (the scribbly gum and the Blue Mountains mallee ash) despite the obvious dissimilarities. The fruit of this species appeared on the original five dollar note. Eucalyptus luehmanniana Eucalyptus luehmanniana, the Yellow Top Mallee Ash is a rare eucalyptus of eastern Australia. It grows in high rainfall areas on poor rocky soils near Sydney. ""Eucalyptus luehmanniana"" is a mallee, growing to six metres tall. A threatened species, with a rarity rating of 2RCa on ROTAP. This plant was named in honour of Johann George Luehmann, the secretary of the describing botanist Ferdinand Mueller. The original"
"distinction as an anachronistic ""ghost of evolution"". ""Maclura pomifera"" has been known by a variety of common names in addition to Osage orange, including hedge apple, horse apple, bois d'arc, bodark, monkey ball, bow-wood, yellow-wood and mock orange. The earliest account of the tree in the English language was given by William Dunbar, a Scottish explorer, in his narrative of a journey made in 1804 from St. Catherine's Landing on the Mississippi River to the Ouachita River. It was a curiosity when Meriwether Lewis sent some slips and cuttings to President Jefferson in March 1804. According to Lewis's letter, the"
"diameter from February to July. It is found in coastal rainforest, and in ecotone areas in eucalyptus forest from Darwin and Thursday Island in northern Australia south along the eastern coastline to the Upper Orara River in New South Wales. The leaves and shoots are eaten by farm animals. Alphitonia petriei Alphitonia petriei known as the White Ash is a rainforest tree in the Buckthorn family. It grows in eastern and northern Australia. Other common names include Red Ash, White-leaf, Pink Almond and Pink Ash. It was originally collected from the Johnston River near Kuranda, and named in 1925 by"
"The oldest preserved specimen is from the bastard mountain ash, ""S. pseudofennica"", collected in 1797 from North Arran and another of the same species is in the British Museum dated 1838, when it was known as ""Pyrus pinnatifida"" (the pear group). ""S. pseudofennica"" was authoritatively recognised as a separate species by Clapham, Tutin and Warburg in 1952. Landsborough in 1875 noted the two kinds growing in Glen Diomhan and called them French rowan or whitebeams. The Scottish mountain ash, ""S. arranensis"", evoked most collecting interest in 1870–1890 and 1920–1940, although older herbarium specimens exist. The trees developed in a highly"
"mountain ash, and the closely related ""Eucalyptus delegatensis ""is known as alpine ash or woollybutt. Tasmanian oak Tasmanian oak refers to the hardwood produced by three trees: ""Eucalyptus regnans"", ""Eucalyptus obliqua"" or ""Eucalyptus delegatensis"", when it is sourced from the Australian state of Tasmania. The hardwood timber is light-coloured, ranging from straw to light reddish brown. It is used in construction, including panelling and flooring, for furniture, and also for reconstituted board and high quality paper. When sourced from Victoria, the wood of ""Eucalyptus regnans"" and ""Eucalyptus delegatensis"" is called Victorian ash. The species are also widely known by their"
"Quercus douglasii Quercus douglasii, known as blue oak, is a species of oak endemic to (found only in) California, common in the Coast Ranges and foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It is occasionally known as mountain oak and iron oak. ""Quercus douglasii"" is a medium-sized tree, generally tall, with a trunk in DBH. The tallest recorded specimen was found in Alameda County, at . The bark is light gray with many medium-sized dark cracks; from a distance, it can appear almost white. The name blue oak derives from the dark blue-green tint of its leaves, which are deciduous, long, and"
"and the flowers' beauty are common in celtic music. For example, the song Marie's Wedding contains the verse, ""Red her cheeks as rowans are, Bright her eyes as any star, Fairest of them all by far, Is our darling Marie."" Rowan The rowans or mountain-ashes are shrubs or trees in the genus ""Sorbus"" of the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native throughout the cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the highest species diversity in the mountains of western China and the Himalaya, where numerous apomictic microspecies occur. The name ""rowan"" was originally applied to the species ""Sorbus aucuparia"""