Rowan
Also known as the Mountain Ash because it grows on mountain slopes, and because of its compound leaves, which resemble those of the true ash, the Rowan is actually a relative of fruit-bearing trees like the pear, crab-apple, whitebeam and wild service tree, all members of the order Rosaceae.
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Ironically, its distinguished from these trees by its leaves they all have simple leaves. Its a small, vigorous and hardy tree, regularly growing to 15 metres, which produces a mass of creamy white flowers in early summer turning to a crop of bright red berries in the autumn, which are quickly consumed by birds that then disperse the seed. The foliage gives rich red autumn colour. The bark is shiny grey-brown with raised lateral dots.
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Chris Lawrence tells us about the buffalo at the Teifi Marshes Nature Reserve. More ...
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