mountain ash
A tree native to southeastern Australia, , the tallest of all flowering plants.
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A tree native to southeastern Australia, , the tallest of all flowering plants.
All three mountain-ashes are shrubs of climax and subclimax northern coniferous forest communities, along with speckled alder, Labrador tea, mountain and red maples, yellow birch, and bunchberry.
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Any of several trees in the genus in North America.
2007, Tyler Guthrie, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=eSKTYgEACAAJ&dq=%22mountain+ash%22%7C%22mountain+ashes%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jv-bUu_SD8ydlQW844CYBA&redir_esc=y Mountain Ash: Formally Rowan Tree], Trinity College, Academic Dissertation.
“Mountain Ash, also Rowan #7SyllableSentence #rowan #WritingCommunity #trees”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(British) A European tree, rowan or, more specifically, European rowan, of species .
On the verdant slope and down by the edge of the water, the bird-cherry and the mountain ash displayed their flowery garb of summer.
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