#sorbus

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Monday 20 January 2025

A native to the U.K. and providing berries for the birds Sorbus aucuparia (rowan, European mountain ash, mountain ash, quickbeam) can be an urban tree. There are a range of cultivars and mature trees can grow up to 15m in height. In winter the smooth silvery grey bark is a feature after the autumn leaves have turned red or yellow.

Jill Raggett

[metsaahenki]

marten in an orange dress 🏵️🌾

[kristo-flowers]

Rowan

[jonnaan994]

Sorbus tree and star flower elves/faes. Now I'm up to date with the posts on my Instagram!

Follow me there too: https://www.instagram.com/jonnaan994/

[gradienty]

Kilamanjaro Sorbus (#271601 to #fd7d06)

[terra-tortoise]

flight rising thylacine truthers show me your creatures

[nightthrilldomino]

[crudlynaturephotos]

[lapseinrecs]

Ruins At Our Feet

By Sorbus

On Archive of Our Own

Status: Complete; Oneshot; 5,461 words

Summary: Xanxus-centric. Where timing makes all the difference and Xanxus is unfozen a whole four years in advance.

My thoughts: Poor Xanxus. But you know what? Good for Tsuna.

[quintessentialarts]

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Sorbus aucuparia - Rowan Tree, Mountain Ash Pendant 🌿 Joining the upgraded soldered ring party Shiny or antiqued finish (this is shiny)~ https://www.etsy.com/listing/1397849767/sorbus-aucuparia-rowan-tree

[coffeenuts]

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Saturday 10 August 2024

Autumn must be round the corner as the berries are ripening on the Sorbus aucuparia (rowan, mountain ash) but fortunately there is a bit more summer to come as the pinnate green leaves have not started turning red or yellow.

Jill Raggett

[kristo-flowers]

Sprouting mountain ash

[drhoz]

#2652 - Sorbus aucuparia - European Mountain-Ash

Originally described as Pyrus aucuparia, and AKA rowan, Amur mountain-ash, quickbeam, or rowan-berry. Unrelated to the True Ashs (Fraxinus) which are in a different family.

A highly variable tree found from Iceland to Northern China, but oddly enough not Japan - unusual compared to plants with similar spread, especially if they have seeds that can be dispersed by birds. In fact, 'Sorbus' means 'service tree', and refers to the use of the fruit in birdbaiting. Humans find the fresh fruit unpleasant, but it can be debittered to remove the parasorbic acid and turned into chutneys, compotes, jams, syrups, and the like. Since the plant grows well in harsh cold mountain climates, they were widely grown in such areas as a valuable fruit. Additionally, the leaves could be fermented with leaves of sweet gale and oak bark to create herb beer.

The wood is used by cartwrights, turners and woodcarvers, and planted in mountain ranges to fortify landslide and avalanche zones. They are also planted as ornamentals, with numerous cultivars and hybrids. Bark was used to dye wool brown or red, and mountain-ash honey is strongly aromatic and has a reddish color.

In English and Scottish folklore, used to ward off evil and in dowsing rods.

The original source of the sugar substitute sorbitol.

Introduced to many other parts of the world, and now naturalised in much of North America

Lake Tekapo, Aotearoa New Zealand

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Deep Fir Sorbus (#143002 to #fc880c)

[terra-tortoise]

@dragonaday-fr day 27 - favorite eye type

GOAT goat goat eyes my beloved (: please do not ask why i thought drawing all nine of my goat eyed dragons when i should just draw one made sense. i wanted to tho.