Rowan
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| Scientific name | Sorbus |
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| Family | Rosaceae |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Rank | Subgenus |
| Higher classification | Mountain-ash |
| Did you know | The Rowan plays a greater role in Norse myth, being the tree from which the first woman was made. |
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| ID | 784196 |
About 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.