Illustration of rowan
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: the fruit of a European or American mountain ash
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Lynx, bears, and wolves roamed amid the dense Scots pine, birch, and rowan.
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Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
Mixed oak woods, pine and birch, upland rowan.
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Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Aided by legislation that rewards landowners for increasing the biodiversity of the Welsh uplands, his group has been planting trees — more than 300,000 at this point, including that rowan.
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Tom Vanderbilt,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2024
In southeast London’s Brockley Hill Park, opera singer Tristan Hambleton has been using a watering can to sustain a rowan sapling amid a parched meadow.
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Luke Vargas,
WSJ,
29 Aug. 2022
As the island’s ice cap melts, the land is becoming more habitable for trees, of which there are four native species, most significantly the rowan or mountain ash.
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Nancy Lord,
Anchorage Daily News,
15 May 2022
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Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
Mixed oak woods, pine and birch, upland rowan.
—
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Aided by legislation that rewards landowners for increasing the biodiversity of the Welsh uplands, his group has been planting trees — more than 300,000 at this point, including that rowan.
—
Tom Vanderbilt,
Travel + Leisure,
25 June 2024
In southeast London’s Brockley Hill Park, opera singer Tristan Hambleton has been using a watering can to sustain a rowan sapling amid a parched meadow.
—
Luke Vargas,
WSJ,
29 Aug. 2022
As the island’s ice cap melts, the land is becoming more habitable for trees, of which there are four native species, most significantly the rowan or mountain ash.
—
Nancy Lord,
Anchorage Daily News,
15 May 2022
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“Rowan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rowan. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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