The rowans or mountain-ashes are plants in the family Rosaceae, in the genus Sorbus, subgenus Sorbus. The berries are bright red

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The rowans or mountain-ashes are plants in the family Rosaceae, in the genus Sorbus, subgenus Sorbus. 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. One particularly confusing name for rowans, used primarily in North America, is "mountain ash", which falsely implies that it is a species of ash . The name arises from the superficial similarity in leaf shape of the two trees; in fact, the rowan does not belong to the ash family, but is closely related to the apples and hawthorns in the rose family.

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Location: Excelsior Ridge trail, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington, USA
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