The Rowan Tree

 Many of us, (myself included),  have grown up in regions of the world where the rowan tree does not thrive due to climate. If so, you are probably unfamiliar with this rather small, slender tree. The botanical name for the rowan tree is Sorbus Aucuparia L, a rather small tree growing no more than thirty feet high.

If you are searching for a large forest full of rowan, you may be disappointed. Rowan trees tend to pop up here and there.  I have seen many dotting the upper elevations of Dartmoor.  And then you can find them planted in groups among shopping centres and round abouts in towns and villages