mountain ash
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mountain ash¹
noun mountain ashes
- A European tree, rowan or, more specifically, European rowan, of species Sorbus aucuparia. On the verdant slope and down by the edge of the water, the bird-cherry and the mountain ash displayed their flowery garb of summer.
- Any of several trees in the genus Sorbus in North America. All three mountain-ashes are shrubs of climax and subclimax northern coniferous forest communities, along with speckled alder, Labrador tea, mountain and red maples, yellow birch, and bunchberry.
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A tree native to southeastern Australia, Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest of all flowering plants.
McCarthy and Lindenmayer (1998) developed a model of the development of multi-aged Mountain Ash forest in response to fire. The model predicted the prevalence of multi-aged Mountain Ash forest as a function of the mean fire interval.
Similar: stringy gum, swamp gum, Tasmanian oak, Victorian ash
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A Texan ash tree of species Fraxinus texensis.
Similar: Texas ash
Similar: European rowan, rowan, quicken
Mountain Ash²
proper noun
- A town in Mountain Ash East community and Mountain Ash West community, Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST0499). The communities have no councils.
- An unincorporated community and coal town in Whitley County, Kentucky, United States.
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Similar: European rowan, rowan, quicken
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