Irish Trees
Irish Trees: click below
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Rowan or mountain ash
Caorthann
(Sorbus aucuparia)
Rowan adds colour to woodland throughout Ireland, especially
in the hills where it will grow at a high altitude even on rocky
ground: its other common name is mountain ash.
The creamy flowers ripen into scarlet berries which colour
early in the season and provide food for thrushes through the
winter. A mistle thrush will defend a rowan tree or holly as its
territory, not for nesting, but through the winter as its feeding
territory.Rowan is an attractive garden tree: it likes well drained sites
but will thrive in most soils.