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Encyclopedia > Mountain Ash

Mountain Ash is a name used for several unrelated trees. It may refer to:

  • The Texas ash species Fraxinus texensis.
  • Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest of all flowering plants.
  • Trees in the genus Sorbus in North America (mainly U.S.A.) and (mainly obsolete) Britain. These trees are more accurately known by their unique name Rowan.

Mountain Ash is also the name of a town in south Wales, United Kingdom. Species Many, see text. ... Binomial name Eucalyptus regnans The Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans) of southern Australia is the tallest of all flowering plants, and perhaps the tallest of all plants, period - although the tallest specimens have all been destroyed by humans. ... Subgenera Sorbus Aria Micromeles Cormus Torminaria Chamaemespilus The genus Sorbus, or the Whitebeams, Rowans, and Service Trees, is a genus of about 100-200 species trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae. ... This article is about the rowan tree; for other uses of the term, see Rowan (disambiguation) Species Sorbus subgenus Sorbus Sorbus aucuparia - European Rowan Sorbus americana - American Rowan Sorbus cashmeriana - Kashmir Rowan Sorbus commixta - Japanese Rowan Sorbus decora - Showy Rowan Sorbus glabrescens - White-fruited Rowan Sorbus hupehensis - Hubei Rowan Sorbus... Mountain Ash (Welsh: Aberpennar) is a town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ...


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Mountain Ash Sawfly (533 words)
The mountain ash sawfly, Pristiphora geniculata (Hartig) is a common defoliator of mountain ash in the northeastern United States and Canada.
First indication of egg deposition on the mountain ash is the presence in late May or early June of small, brown swellings along the serrated margin of the leaflet.
The young larvae of the mountain ash sawfly are greenish white with head and legs fl in color.
GENUKI: Mountain Ash in the Parishes of Llanwonno and Aberdare (520 words)
GENUKI: Mountain Ash in the Parishes of Llanwonno and Aberdare
Mountain Ash in the Parishes of Llanwonno and Aberdare
The church is dedicated to St. Margaret, is in the Benefice of Mountain Ash and Miskin, and the diocese of Llandaff.
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