Mountain Ash
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Mountain Ash is a name used for several trees, none of immediate relation. It may refer to:
  • Eucalyptus regnans
    Eucalyptus regnans
    Eucalyptus regnans, known variously by the common names Mountain Ash, Victorian Ash, Swamp Gum, Tasmanian Oak or Stringy Gum, is a species of Eucalyptus native to southeastern Australia, in Tasmania and Victoria...

    , the tallest of all flowering plants and other floral species
  • Fraxinus texensis, an ash tree species in Texas
  • Trees in the genus Sorbus
    Sorbus
    Sorbus is a genus of about 100–200 species of trees and shrubs in the subfamily Maloideae of the Rose family Rosaceae. Species of Sorbus are commonly known as whitebeam, rowan, service tree, and mountain ash...

    in North America (mainly U.S.)
    • In Ireland and Britain it is used exclusively for Sorbus aucuparia
      Sorbus aucuparia
      Sorbus aucuparia , is a species of the genus Sorbus, native to most of Europe except for the far south, and northern Asia...

      which is also commonly known as Rowan


Places
  • Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taf, a town in South Wales, United Kingdom
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