Mountain ash, mountain ash (A sip of acuparía)
Appearance; A deciduous tree shedding its leaves for the winter, reaches from 5 do 15, and sometimes to 20 m in height. Crown quite irregularly built and usually loose, roundish or oval, less often roundly vaulted or dense.
The trunk is clearly visible up to the top zone of the crown, Branches protruding or directed diagonally upwards.
The bark is silver-gray on young specimens, later more and more dull gray, slightly cracked or patterned slats. Gray-purple shoots, initially slightly hairy, later naked. Quite big donuts (about 15 mm in length), narrow conical or ovate, with a slightly bent top, tight to the shoot and densely hairy. Odd-pinned leaves, asymmetrical at the base. torsions are approx 20 cm in length and 8-11 cm wide. Built of 9-17 leaves approximately 6 in size×2 cm, sharply sawn. In the first stage, the foliage is initially gray-silver in color and hairy, almost naked when unfolded, oblong-oval, rounded at the base and the whole edge there; matte on top, green or vivid green, from underneath – light green, Young leaves give off a distinct marzipan smell when rubbed.
Flowers approx 1 cm are creamy white, gathered in large numbers in flat, spread out podbaldach.
Thick apple fruit 6-8 mm, they turn bright red in fruiting time, They are edible, but bitter – can be made marmalade.
Habitat: This tree is very light-loving, grows well in dry to moderately moist clay soils, rocky and sandy. A pioneering genre.
Occurrence: It is common everywhere in Europe in the lowlands and in the mountains almost to the height 2000 m n.p.m. Eagerly planted as an ornamental tree in parks and along streets. A multiform species.
Flowering period: June to July.
General thoughts: Rowan comes in many forms, which differ, inter alia, in the color and size of the fruit, always eagerly eaten by birds.